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Tom Duffy

Man rushed to hospital after electric charger starts house fire

A man was taken to hospital after an electric charger started a house fire in Croxteth.

Fire crews were called out to a house on Moss Way in Croxteth at around 7.22pm on Tuesday evening.

The fire is understood to have started in the bedroom.

Paramedics checked three people at the scene although none suffered serious injury.

A spokesperson for the ambulance service told the ECHO that a man was taken to hospital for further treatment.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue service said an electric charger is thought to have started the blaze.

A spokesman for the fire service told the ECHO: "Fire crews were called to an incident at a house in Moss Way, Croxteth, on Tuesday, 12th May.

"Crews were alerted at 7.22pm and on scene at 7.28pm. Three fire engines attended. Crews arrived to find a small fire in the bedroom of a property.

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Firefighters extinguished the fire with a high pressure hose reel jet and then ventilated the property. The fire is believed to have started accidentally, involving an electric charger.

There were no serious injuries in the incident, though three people were checked at the scene by NWAS. One was taken to hospital for further treatment. A bedroom sustained smoke damage and some contents were damaged by fire.

Firefighters left the scene at 8.03pm."

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