Man needs medical treatment after huge house fire in Peterborough

A man needed medical treatment after a fire broke out in a home in the middle of the night.
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At 12.33am on Sunday (November 8) crews were called to a fire on Marsham in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough.

More than 20 firefighters, including crews from Stanground, Yaxley, the Peterborough Volunteers Fire Brigade, Dogsthorpe and Thorney attended the incident, along with the Multistar aerial appliance from Stanground.

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Firefighters arrived to find a well-developed fire in a terraced house.

The scene in Marsham todayThe scene in Marsham today
The scene in Marsham today

The property was evacuated before the crews arrived at the scene. They treated one male casualty for smoke inhalation and left him in the care of ambulance crews.

The crews returned to their stations by 4.05am.

The cause of the fire was accidental.