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Man treated in holiday park fire: Westmarsh

08:19, 25 February 2019

updated: 16:39, 10 December 2019

A man was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a holiday park.

Firefighters were called to Westmarsh, near Sandwich, on Sunday after a fire broke out in a camper van’s engine at about 6pm and spread to a hedge.

Crews gave one man oxygen therapy for the effects of breathing in smoke after discovering the blaze.

Fire crews gave a man 'oxygen therapy' at the scene
Fire crews gave a man 'oxygen therapy' at the scene

He was then handed into the care of the ambulance service.

Wearing breathing apparatus, crews used a high pressure hose reel and main jet to extinguish the fire.

They left the scene at 7.35pm.

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