Domestic property fire in Blackpool

At 15:18 hours on 19th December 2025, six fire engines, an aerial ladder platform with supporting fire engine, the command unit and drone attended a domestic premises on Hobart Place, Blackpool. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued one casualty from the ground floor of the premises. Firefighters extinguished the fire involving a front porch with heat and smoke spread to the first floor and roof of two storey flats using six breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets, three positive pressure ventilation fans, fire investigation tools, breaking in tools, a thermal imaging camera and a triple extension ladder. Fire crews were on scene for approximately four hours and fifty minutes.