Firefighters tackle Coventry house blaze as room 'engulfed in flames'

Firefighters spent more than an hour tackling a blaze at a semi-detached house in Coventry. It happened on The Scotchill in Keresley.

Crews from Bickenhill Fire Station were called to the scene at around 7.30pm on Friday (July 5). A 4x4 Brigade Response Vehicle also attended, West Midlands Fire Service said.

Officials told CoventryLive that a timber and brick-built conservatory was ablaze at the back of a semi-detached house on The Scotchill. Everyone had left the address, and there were no casualties, West Midlands Fire Service said.

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Crews spent around an hour tackling the blaze, leaving the scene at around 8.50pm. Investigations found that the fire had started accidentally, West Midlands Fire Service said.

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: “We responded to The Scotchill in Keresley at around 7.30pm on Friday, July 5. Crews from Bickenhill and a 4x4 Brigade Response Vehicle from Coventry attended, the first arriving within four minutes of being mobilised.

“It was a fire in a timber and brick-built conservatory at the rear of a semi-detached house on The Scotchill. Everyone had left the property, and there were no casualties. Crews left the scene at 8.49pm.”

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