Sunday 15th February 2015 – 1pm – Steve Parry.
Two men have died following separate fires at properties in Oldbury and Stoke this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service attended premises in Oakdale Road, Oldbury and Old School Lane, Meir, Stoke at just before 9.50am.
An ambulance, together with a paramedic support officer; the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART); community paramedics and BASIC doctors attended both scenes.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “WMAS responded to two separate house fires in Oldbury and Stoke at approximately the same time this morning.
“Despite the efforts of medics at both of these locations, two patients were confirmed dead at the scene of the incidents.”
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