Man treated for smoke inhalation as fire crews tackle building blaze on Tong Road in Leeds
Emergency services were called to Tong Road in Farnley on Saturday evening after a carpet caught fire in a second-floor room
A man was treated for smoke inhalation after a building fire broke out in a property in Farnley on Saturday evening.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed this morning that emergency services were called to reports of a property fire on Tong Road, shortly after 7:20pm yesterday.
Upon arrival, fire crews discovered a blaze involving a carpet in a second-floor mezzanine room measuring approximately 20 metres by 5 metres.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using a hose reel jet, before using four positive pressure ventilation fans to clear heavy smoke from the building.
An ambulance was requested for an adult male suffering from smoke inhalation.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that smoke alarms inside the property had actuated during the incident, but has not yet published the official cause of the fire.
Three fire engines - two from Leeds and one from Hunslet - attended the scene.