Four-year-old child rescued from house fire

The child has been transferred to the care of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.
Four-year-old child rescued from house fire

Cillian Sherlock, PA

A four-year-old child has been rescued from a house fire in Belfast.

Firefighters were called to the house fire at Dunraven Park on Saturday morning.

A representative from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said: “Two appliances from Knock station, one appliance from Central station and one appliance from Whitla station attended the incident.”

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued the four-year-old child from the house.

The child has been transferred to the care of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.

Firefighters extinguished the fire using hose reel jets.

The cause of the fire is believed to have been accidental and the incident was dealt with by 07:48am.

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