Portsmouth firefighters attend fire at high rise block caused by cigarette butt - a day after massive city fire
Portsmouth firefighters were back in action on Saturday night when attending a high rise block – less than a day after a massive city fire saw flames and smoke pour into the sky.
Southsea crews once again led the way in dealing with the incident at Barkis House in Brownlow Close.
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Unlike the huge blaze in New Road Fratton a day earlier – as seen in the video – this incident turned out to be a small fire in a bin chute that was thought to have been caused by a cigarette butt. “It was a small fire that was quickly put out,” one firefighter said.
No one had to be evicted from the giant tower block following the incident around midnight.
The fire came a day after the huge fire in New Road at a linen premises that saw firefighters at the scene hours after flames erupted around 5.30am on Saturday.
Locals reported a “massive fire’ and hearing “screams”. No one was hurt.