Four fiefighters hospitalised following Waterford fire

Date Published : April 10th, 2017    Published By : admin

Four fire-fighters were treated in hospital last night following an apartment fire in Waterford City.

The sole occupant of the apartment, a woman aged in her 30’s, remains in a serious condition at University Hospital Waterford following the fire. Waterford Fire Service was alerted to the incident at an apartment complex on Wellington Street, Waterford City at around 11pm

Fire-fighters who rescued the woman from an apartment bedroom were taken by ambulance to hospital as a precautionary measure and treated for smoke inhalation. Three fire-fighters were discharged overnight while a fourth was detained for further observation and has since been discharged.


Photo: (Declan Keogh / Emergency Times)

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