Baby rescued from severe Walsall flat fire caused by faulty fan heater
A three-month-old baby was among four people rescued after a faulty heater caused a severe fire at a Walsall block of flats.
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Crews used ladders to get the baby and three adults from the three-storey building in Gretton Crescent, Aldridge.
West Midlands Fire Service was called to the premises shortly after 4.30am today after a 'faulty fan heater' caught fire in a first floor flat.
A man was rescued from the balcony of the flat, while the baby and two adults were brought down from the second floor balcony above.
A total of 15 firefighters from Aldridge and Walsall tackled the blaze used breathing gear and hose jets.
All were taken to Walsall Manor Hospital for precautionary checks by West Midlands ambulance paramedics.
