5th Aug 2022 @ 8:48 am

A 37-year-old man has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out a squatters’ house in Arrecife this morning.

Emergency services were alerted to a fire this morning, at approximately 6:30am, in Arrecife. Firefighters arrived to find that the fire had caught on rubbish and personal belongings.

The fire was safely extinguished.

The 37-year-old had escaped the fire, however, he was still taken to hospital via ambulance due to smoke inhalation.

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