Resident led to safety in blaze drama

Four fire engines from Lancaster, Morecambe and Bolton le Sands attended the incident early today.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, there was a fire involving a cooker.

Firefighters used two breathing apparatus, breaking in tools, and a ventilation unit to clear the property of the smoke.

A person was led to safety unharmed.

In another incident, two fire engines from Nelson attended a fire in a first floor flat at Hardy Court in the town.

Crews used a hose reel, two breathing apparatus, and a ventilation unit to extinguish the fire.

The cause is under investigation.

There were no injuries.

Yesterday afternoon, Chorley firefighters were called to a car on fire in Bentham Road, Coppull.

Firefighters used two hose reels and two sets of breathing apparatus tackling the blaze.

Police were called to the incident to help with traffic managment.

The cause of the blaze is thought to be accidental.