FATAL HOUSE FIRE IN WOLVERHAMPTON

Thursday, 30 December 2021 17:35

A man has died following a house fire in Wolverhampton overnight.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Dickens Road in Low Hill at 1.15am and sent two paramedic officers and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews discovered one patient, a man, who had been rescued from the property by the fire service.

“Sadly, it quickly became apparent nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.”

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