Man flees house fire
Monday 3rd August 2009, 11:20AM BST.
A man was left suffering from shock and asthma after a fire at his Shrewsbury home. The blaze happened at 8.13pm yesterday in a house in the Castle Foregate area of the town.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it started on the ground floor of the mid-terrace house and firefighters in breathing apparatus brought it under control.
A spokeswoman said two pumps and the incident commander from Shrewsbury were sent to the fire.
She said: “Nobody was hurt as a direct result of the fire although there was a male suffering from shock and asthma.”
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