Fire in four-storey block of flats

Seven appliances and crews at the scene at the height of the fire, along with four officers.

Appliances and crews attended from:

• High Wycombe
• Slough
• Maidenhead
• Gerrards Cross
• Whitley Wood

Smoke was issuing from a four-storey block of flats when they arrived. The flats were evacuated.

The firefighters used:

• Two sets of breathing apparatus
• Four hose reels
• One safety jet
• One covering jet
• A positive pressure ventilation fan
• A thermal imaging camera
• Small gear
• Respirators

The fire was in a second-floor flat and spread to affect the roof of the building.

The firefighters isolated the gas and electricity supplies.

Thames Valley Police also attended, establishing and maintaining a scene cordon.