Man taken to hospital after fire in Balmoral Road, Gillingham
07:25, 22 November 2017
A man has been taken to hospital after a fire in a flat in Balmoral Road, Gillingham - the cause of which is being investigated.
Crews were called at around 10pm last night and wore breathing apparatus to rescue the man from the three-storey building.
He was given oxygen therapy for the effects of breathing in smoke before being passed to the care of paramedics.
Crews used a high-pressure hose reel jet to extinguish the flames before clearing smoke and fumes with a positive pressure ventilation fan.
The crews left at 11.30pm.
There are no other reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire is now being investigated.
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