Sadiq Khan SLAMS government for ‘ignoring’ fire safety concerns

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The police have confirmed that one person has been killed in a fire at Formby, Merseyside. Five fire engines responded to the blaze at the scene. But the force have said the incident is not being treated with suspicion.

Emergency services were called around 6.45pm on January 3 to attend a home fire and police have now revealed more information on what happened at the address.

Two fire engineers originally arrived at the scene to help but three more came to provide breathing apparatus gear to fight the fire.

Firefighters left the area around 10.30pm and handed the initial incident to the police.

The North West Ambulance Service ambulance service were also present.

However, they added that the fire is not being treated as suspicious

A file has been passed onto the coroner’s office and no investigation into the incident has been opened.

A spokesperson from the fire department said: “Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service attended an incident on Holmwood Drive, Formby on the evening of Tuesday 3rd January.

“Crews were alerted at 6.45pm and two fire engines were on scene at 6.52pm.

“A further three fire engines attended to provide additional breathing apparatus support, taking the total number of appliances to five at the height of the incident.”

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They continued: “North West Ambulance Service and Merseyside Police also attended. An initial two firefighters were committed to fight the fire in breathing apparatus (BA) with a hose reel jet and search the two storey detached house.

“An additional two firefighters in BA were deployed to the property with a further hose reel jet taking the total firefighters inside the property to four. The fire was extinguished soon after and ventilation of the property ensued.

“The scene was handed over to Merseyside Police and our crews left the scene at 10.27pm.”

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