Smoke billows out from the bedroom window of the house in St Mary's Road, Cromer, with firefighters on the street below. Picture: ALEX HURRELL

Pictures: Pair flee bedroom blaze in Cromer

Alex Hurrell, Reporter Friday, January 11, 2013
4:25 PM

Two men were forced to flee for their lives this morning, one without his shoes, after fire broke out in a bedroom of their Cromer home.

Kieron Cousell, wrapped in a blanket and standing on a mat provided by the fire service, looks on as firefighters deal with the blaze in his bedroom, on St Mary's Road, Cromer. Picture: ALEX HURRELL

Brian Coussell and his son Kieron were inside their house, on St Mary’s Road, when the blaze broke out shortly before 10am.

Kieron, who had been downstairs at the time, said: “My father noticed clouds of smoke and asked me what was going on. The fire was in my bedroom. As soon as I saw smoke billowing from the duvet I said: ‘That’s it. Let’s get out right now.’ I didn’t have time to put on any shoes.”

Kieron stood outside shivering on the pavement in shirt sleeves and wet socks and watched firefighters deal with the blaze, on the top floor of the three-storey building, until crew members provided him with a blanket and something dry to stand on.

He speculated that the fire could have been started either by a candle which had not been properly extinguished or a faulty transformer for his laptop computer.

Firefighters outside the house in St Mary's Road, Cromer, where a bedroom fire broke out on the top-floor. Picture: ALEX HURRELL

Fire crews from Cromer, North Walsham and Mundesley used breathing apparatus and hosereel jets to deal with the fire and then used a large fan to disperse smoke from the building. St Mary’s Road was blocked off while they were at the scene.

3 comments

But what if it was your house stephen?

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Bruce87

Friday, January 11, 2013
house fires I believe require minimum of 2 appliances, and when it's a terraced house like this I can understand sending more until they can establish how severe the fire is. Or are you one of these people who would complain either way, if they had underestimated the fire and had to wait for more appliances to come letting the fire spread you'd complain they should have sent everything. As for the wing mirrors well if you park like that then expect it.

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Reaper99

Friday, January 11, 2013
a bit over the top fire engines from nwalsham and mundesley when there is a fire station in cromer surely they could see there was no need for that many ?????? also how many claims for door mirror replacements i wonder

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stephen watson

Friday, January 11, 2013