Fire crews called to blazes in Wirral

Dec 6 2011 by John Sutton, Liverpool Echo

TWO people suffered smoke inhalation following a blaze in a Merseyside flat.

Fire crews were called to Woodland Road, in Upton, just after 4pm yesterday.

A 50-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were treated at the scene.

A pan of food had caught light to start the fire.

There was also a small fire in a terraced house in Borough Road East, Wallasey, just before 3pm yesterday.

Three fire engines attended the scene and put the blaze out by 3.20pm.