12/01/2012
Residents Evacuated From Highrise Following Fire
Residents have been rescued from a high-rise block of flats after a fire broke out in the housing complex in Newtownabbey.
It is understood that fourteen floors had to be evacuated in the early hours of the morning after a blaze at the Woodland flats at Whitehouse.
Policy say the fire broke out on the first floor with officers forcing entry into a number of flats to evacuate residents.
A local coach driver helped transport the occupants to a local leisure centre where they were accommodated by Newtownabbey council staff.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious and no one was injured in the fire.
(LB)
It is understood that fourteen floors had to be evacuated in the early hours of the morning after a blaze at the Woodland flats at Whitehouse.
Policy say the fire broke out on the first floor with officers forcing entry into a number of flats to evacuate residents.
A local coach driver helped transport the occupants to a local leisure centre where they were accommodated by Newtownabbey council staff.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious and no one was injured in the fire.
(LB)
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