An air ambulance landed near Manchester city centre as a man was rushed to hospital with burn injuries after being rescued from a flat fire.
Fire crews and paramedics raced to the scene on Lamport Close after receiving multiple reports of a fire in the bedroom of a first floor apartment on Monday (April 3).
There was a huge emergency services response called out to the scene at around 1.30pm, including rapid response vehicles, fire crews and an air ambulance that also landed on a grassed area off nearby Grosvenor Street.
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A man in his early 50s was rescued from the blaze before being rushed to hospital in a road ambulance with burn injuries. The nature of his condition or how the fire started have not yet been confirmed.
A North West Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to the incident at 13:33 and attended with our hazardous area response team, air ambulance, advanced paramedic, rapid response vehicle, on-scene commander and an ambulance. A man in his early 50s was taken to hospital with burn injuries."
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: “At 1.30pm this afternoon (Monday 3 April) we received the first of several reports about a fire at a block of flats on Lamport Close, Manchester, involving the bedroom of a first floor flat.
“Five fire engines and an aerial platform from across Greater Manchester were quickly mobilised to the scene, where firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel and positive pressure ventilation fan to extinguish the flames and clear smoke from the building.
“One person was rescued from the flat and conveyed into the care of colleagues from North West Ambulance Service. GMFRS crews remain in attendance at this time.”
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