Firefighters were called to an apartment block on Newcastle Quayside this afternoon after a blaze broke out on the sixth-floor.
At 2.40pm Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service received a report of a fire on the balcony of Hanover Street property. Crews arrived within five minutes and were met with two fires after embers from the balcony blaze had fallen onto a balcony below causing a second smaller fire.
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) were also called to the scene but were later stood down as, fortunately, no one is believed to have been injured. The cause of the fire remains under investigation but it is not believed to have been started deliberately.
Read more: Newcastle Quayside fire LIVE: Updates as emergency services called to reports of fire
A Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We can confirm that we received a call at 2.40pm reporting a fire on the balcony of a residential premises on Newcastle Quayside.
"Five appliances attended the high-rise building with the first crew on scene within 5-minutes of the emergency call to our Fire Control.
"Upon arrival we found a fire on the sixth floor balcony. Embers from the fire had fallen onto a balcony below causing a second smaller fire. Both fires were extinguished and nobody was reported to have been injured.
"Northumbria Police and North East Ambulance Service also attended the scene and a small emergency service presence remains in the area.
"The cause of the fire remains under investigation but it is not believed to have been started deliberately."
Road closures were in place between the top of Forth Banks and the junction at House of Tides while emergency services responded to the incident. The road has since reopened.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At 3.10pm today we were alerted to a report of a fire at a premises on Hanover Street, near the Quayside.
"Emergency services attended and the fire was extinguished. Nobody was reported to have been injured and roads in the area which were closed have now re-opened."
A NEAS spokesperson said: "We received a call at 2.48pm this afternoon to reports of a fire at a private address on the Newcastle Quayside. Our services were not required and we were stood down by our colleagues at the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service."
Read next:
