Man taken to hospital after escaping Hartlepool house fire
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Emergency services were called just after 5am on Friday, October 15 following reports of a house fire on Lamberd Road, in West View, Hartlepool.
Cleveland Fire Brigade dispatched three engines from Billingham and Hartlepool to the incident and remained at the scene until 6.26am.
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Hide AdPolice have said that a man was injured while escaping from the property and a joint investigation with the Fire Brigade is under way to establish the cause of the fire.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said on Friday: "At 5.15am today (Friday 15th October) Fire Brigade colleagues notified police they were dealing with a house fire.
"A man had been injured while evacuating the property and he attended the University Hospital of North Tees for what are believed to be non-lift threatening injuries.
“Police will be undertaking a joint investigation with the Fire Brigade to ascertain the cause of the blaze and inquiries are on-going.”
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Hide AdThe North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has confirmed it took one male patient to Stockton’s University Hospital of North Tees.
A NEAS spokesperson said on Friday: "We were called at 5:05am this morning to reports of a house fire on Lamberd Road in Hartlepool.
"We dispatched an ambulance crew and a clinical manager and took one male patient to hospital at North Tees."
Cleveland Fire Brigade have said that the blaze caused 20% fire damage to front room of the house, 50% smoke damage to first floor and front bedroom and 20% smoke damage to the remainder of the property.