A man was taken to hospital after emergency services were called to an address in Norwich after a strong smell of fumes prompted a concern for safety.
A spokesman for Norfolk police said they were called by the ambulance service following a concern for safety relating to a string smell of fumes coming from an address on Jewson Road.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) said they were called at 9.40am on Tuesday (October 31) to a report of concerns for the welfare of a man in his 50s.
He said: 'An ambulance crew and ambulance officer were dispatched.
'The patient was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further care.'
Fire crews from Carrow, Earlham, Wroxham and an environmental protection unit from Sprowston assisted the ambulance and provided advice until the casualty was treated.
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