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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Sheffield flat fire: One dead as blaze rips through property in South Yorkshire

Three fire crews were called to Handsworth Road in the city at 11.30am on Saturday. (Picture: Google Maps)

One person has died after a blaze ripped through a flat in Sheffield.

Three fire crews were called to Handsworth Road in the city at 11.30am on Saturday, a South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said.

Firefighters found the person inside the property and the individual was pronounced dead at the scene.

Details about the victim died are yet to be released by authorities.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said the fire was not currently being treated as suspicious.

An investigation into the fire is ongoing and Police officers remained at the scene into the afternoon.

Handsworth Road going into the city has been cordoned off.

Bus services had to be diverted in the area due to the blaze.

First South Yorkshire bus service said in a statement on Twitter read: "Due to a house fire at Handsworth top the road is blocked in to city buses are to divert via Balifield estate, Rotherham road past Morrisons on to parkway till Handsworth Exit and then pick up normal route from there. This is inbound only.

Stagecoach Yorkshire added: “We are sorry to inform customers that currently our x6 service cannot serve Handsworth inbound to Sheffield this is due to a house fire.”

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