Emergency services were called out to Southdown Road in Wyke Regis after a fire broke out at a property reported to be a bungalow.
In a statement, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service said: We were called to an incident at 10.51am today (4 October) at Southdown Road, Weymouth to reports of a property fire. Crews from Weymouth, Dorchester and Portland attended, and on arrival found a well-developed fire within the property. Eight breathing apparatus wearers used two hose reel jets and one main jet to extinguish the fire. Technical rescue equipment was used to stabilise the building. Our stop came in at 12.36pm. “
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 10.52am on Friday, October 4 to an incident in Weymouth.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 10:52hrs on Friday 4 October to an incident in Weymouth. We sent two double-crewed ambulances, two air ambulances, an operations officer, and a tactical commander and to the scene. We conveyed one patient by air ambulance to Salisbury District Hospital.”
“We sent two double-crewed ambulances, two air ambulances, an operations officer, and a tactical commander and to the scene.”
One resident named William Richards noticed emergency services going up Boot Hill, near Asda and told us: ” I knew something was up and tracked a helicopter that landed in a nearby school “
Jake Brewer