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A person had to be rescued from a bedroom after a “severe” house fire in Leicester last night (Saturday, September 28). A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it received a report of a fire in Oakthorpe Avenue in Western Park at 8.55pm.
The blaze in the hallway of the home caused “severe” damage to the ground floor and further “severe smoke and heat damage” to the first floor, the spokeswoman said. A “malfunction” to an e-bike on charge was the believed cause of the fire.
One male was rescued from a bedroom window at the rear of the home by firefighters. The inhabitants of the property were assessed at the scene by East Midlands Ambulance, however nobody was admitted to hospital, the spokeswoman said.