A woman has died following a house fire yesterday (6) in Burton Joyce.
Fire chiefs confirmed a second casualty was also rescued from the fire on Bridle Road and was taken to hospital by an Air Ambulance. He remains in critical condition.
Firefighters from Stockhill, Carlton and Arnold Fire Stations attended the fire following a call just after 3:30pm by a neighbour, who saw smoke issuing from the property.
A joint fire and police investigation has now been completed – the cause of the fire has been deemed as accidental.
Group Manager, Tom Archer, said: “On behalf of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, I would like to send my sincere condolences to the friends and family of the individuals involved in this incident.
“We will be in the area in the coming week to offer support to local residents, however in the meantime we want to remind everyone that there is fire safety information available on our website.
He added: “Thank you to those across all the responding blue light services who dealt with this terrible and unfortunate incident with us at the scene.”
