Murray MacGregor – Monday 15th June 2020 – 10.45am.
Four people have been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition after a fire in a house.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the semi-detached house in Lilac Close in Redditch at around 2.35am on Sunday morning.
Four ambulances, three paramedic officer, the Hazardous Area Response Team along with the MERIT Trauma doctor and critical care paramedic were sent to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, ambulance staff found a house that was well ablaze. One of the Trust’s paramedic Education and Training Officers was already on scene providing care.
“In total, there were five people from the property of which four were hurt.
“Two adults, a man and a woman and a teenage boy were all treated and assessed at the scene before being taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
“A teenage girl had suffered very serious injuries. After assessment, she was rapidly taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with the critical care paramedic travelling with the ambulance.
“The fifth person was uninjured.”
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Picture courtesy of @HWfireRAllen
