Entire bedroom damaged in fire at Birmingham block of flats started by cigarette
A fire believed to have been started by a cigarette damaged an entire bedroom at a Birmingham flat.
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Around 16 firefighters rushed to the three-storey block of flats in Escelie Way, in the Selly Oak area of the city, at 9.28pm on Wednesday (January 29).
No one was hurt in the blaze, with a number of residents evacuated from the building before the arrival of fire crews, a West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said.
Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and tackled the fire from inside and outside the property.
The fire service spokesman added: "The fire was contained to, but damaged the whole of, a bedroom on the first floor. It is believed to have been caused by a cigarette.
"...The last of our crews left the scene at around 12.45am."
