Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
THREE RESCUED FROM FLAT BLAZE TERROR
Trio taken to hospital after fire breaks out
THREE people had to be rescued from a Dundee tenement in the early hours of yesterday morning after a blaze broke out.
One man was seen climbing on to the roof in a bid to escape the fire, which broke out in a second floor flat in the city’s Baldovan Terrace just before 5am.
Eight fire appliances, including one from Perth, raced to the scene as the dramatic rescue operation unfolded.
Firefighters used breathing apparatus, ladders and an aerial unit during the rescue of three residents, who were taken to Ninewells in an ambulance.
The condition of the casualties, two men and one woman, was not known at the time of going to press.
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said: “We got a call just before 5am telling us that a fire had broken out in a second floor flat in Baldovan Terrace.
“When we got there the building was well alight.
“One man was on the roof and a woman was rescued from a window.”
Neighbour Caroline McLean, 54, (pictured) said she was woken just before 4am when the smoke alarm in her house went off.
She said: “When I looked outside I could see flames shooting into the sky. It looked really serious so I rushed outside to see if I could help.”
Caroline said the fire, which is understood to have been caused by an electrical fault in the living room, had begun in a flat which was occupied by an elderly couple and their grown up daughter.
“They were outside in their pyjamas with bare feet so I just took them all into my house. They sat there for about four hours before being moved to a hotel,” she said.
“It’s a miracle no one was killed. It could have been so much worse.
“Sadly the couple’s flat is seriously damaged and I think they have lost most of their possessions but at least they are alive.”
SFRS has confirmed the fire is not suspicious.