Cat given oxygen after being rescued from Stourbridge house fire
A cat had had to be given oxygen after being rescued from a house fire in the Black Country.
Emergency services were called to the fire in Stepping Stones, Stambermill, in Stourbridge, at around 3.50am on Friday.
A total of 15 firefighters attended the scene, where the blaze was contained in a first-floor bedroom.
A woman and a boy had escaped before fire crews arrived. They were assessed by paramedics, but discharged at the scene.
Meanwhile a cat had to be rescued and given oxygen by crews.
Police have launched an investigation into the fire. A 12-year-old boy was detained at the scene, and has since been released.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "We are investigating after being alerted to a fire at a home in Stepping Stones, Stourbridge at just after 3.50am on Friday.
"Thankfully no one was injured and we are working with the fire service to establish the exact circumstances of the fire.
"A 12-year-old boy, who was detained at the scene, has since been released as our enquiries continue."
A spokesman from West Midlands Fire Service said: “At 3.49am on Friday, August 27, three fire engines and 15 firefighters responded to a house fire in Stepping Stones, Stambermill, Stourbridge. We were there in less than four minutes.
“A woman and a boy had got themselves out of the property before we arrived.
“The fire was contained to the first-floor bedroom in which it started. It was extinguished by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and using hose reel jets.
“They also rescued a cat from the property and gave it oxygen using one of the specialist pet masks we carry on our fire engines.
“The police and ambulance service also attended.”
Firefighters from Brierley Hill, Haden Cross and Stourbridge attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called by the fire service at 3:50am on Friday to reports of a fire at a property in Stepping Stones, Stambermill.
“We sent one ambulance and a paramedic officer to the scene. Crews assessed two patients and they were discharged at the scene.”
Anyone with information, is asked to call West Midlands Police on 101, quoting log number 432-270821.
