Smoking tumble dryer in Chester flat

Date/Time:
04 May 2025 - 11:14
Address
Francis Street
Chester
Attendance
Four fire engines, from Chester (x2), Ellesmere Port and Powey Lane, plus an aerial ladder platform.
Details
Firefighters were called to reports of a fire in a flat of a high-rise premises in Chester. Crews made their way to the flat and found there had been a small fire in the lint compartment of a tumble dryer, which had was already out. Firefighters then checked the rest of the flat over with a thermal imaging camera as a precaution.

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