Fire crews called to tackle blazes in a Harnham flat and field in Redlynch

PEOPLE were treated for smoke inhalation after a house fire in Salisbury.

Three fire crews were sent to the incident, in Richards Way, Harnham, at around 8.45am on the morning of 10 July.

A spokesperson for the Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “The occupants were still inside the property and the control firefighter who had answered the 999 call encouraged them to make their way outside, and stayed on the emergency line providing reassurance until the arrival of our firefighters.

“The fire was located in a first-floor bedroom and extinguished by crews using two hose reel jets and four breathing apparatus.

“They employed tactical ventilation to clear the smoke.”

An ambulance crew attended to treat the occupants for suspected smoke inhalation, the spokesperson added.

Meanwhile in Redlynch, fire spread through 30 acres in a field of barley on Sunday, 2nd July.

Firefighters from Wilton, Salisbury, Cranborne, Verwood, and three crews from Hampshire were called to the blaze, in a field in Langley

Lane, Redlynch, at around 1.50pm.

A spokesperson from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “It was believed the fire started with a combine harvester and spread through a field of barley, seeing approximately 30 acres well alight.”

The crews were at the scene for a number of hours tackling the blaze.