Firefighters rush to extinguish tumble dryer blaze at high-rise student block in Portsmouth

Crews from eight stations across Portsmouth and Hampshire rushed to Catherine House in Stanhope Road on Tuesday evening. Emergency services were called at 5.30pm after a fire broke out in the ground-floor laundry room.

The blaze emanated from a tumble dryer. Fire service personnel, wearing breathing apparatus, used a hose reel jet to extinguish the inferno.

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service said: ‘Firefighters from, Southsea, Cosham, Havant, Fareham, Emsworth, Gosport, Portchester, and Eastleigh were called shortly before 5:30pm on Tuesday evening, after a fire broke out at Catherine House in Portsmouth.

‘With the fire contained within the ground-floor laundry room of the 14-floor building, two firefighters wearing sets of breathing apparatus extinguished the blaze using a hose reel jet. No evacuations were required from the building or surrounding area.’

Firefighters left the scene at 6pm.