Three people including teenager taken to hospital for suspected smoke inhalation after house fire in Telford

Firefighters worked past midnight yesterday and into this morning (January 21) to extinguish the fire at a terraced house on Woodcroft in Woodside.

The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 11.14pm reporting the incident and sent two fire crews from Telford Central and Tweedale fire stations to the scene. 

An operations officer was also in attendance.

Crews discovered a fire which originated in an electrical cupboard on the exterior of a terraced house and had spread to the house itself.

Firefighters used breathing apparatus, a covering jet and hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

The West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at around 11.40pm and sent one ambulance.

A spokesperson said: "We were called by fire colleagues to a property fire on Woodcroft in Woodside, Telford at around 11.40pm and sent one ambulance to the scene.

"On arrival, crews found three patients. A man, a woman and a teenager were all treated for suspected smoke inhalation and conveyed to Princess Royal Hospital for further treatment."

The incident was under control by 12.04am.