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| Residents evacuated after blaze | Residents evacuated after blaze |
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| Ten people have been evacuated from apartments following a fire in Larne, County Antrim. | Ten people have been evacuated from apartments following a fire in Larne, County Antrim. |
| Three fire appliances attended the Mill House Apartments at Priory Gardens in the town during the blaze on Thursday morning. | Three fire appliances attended the Mill House Apartments at Priory Gardens in the town during the blaze on Thursday morning. |
| It is believed the fire started in the bin chute of the building. | |
| Two fire officers stayed with a man who is confined to his bed while the building was ventilated. Residents have since returned to the apartments. | Two fire officers stayed with a man who is confined to his bed while the building was ventilated. Residents have since returned to the apartments. |
| "The officer in charge of the first attendants, realising the gravity of the situation, had two firefighters stay with the man to comfort him and to be there in an emergency should he have to be removed form the building quickly," said station commander John Bacon. | "The officer in charge of the first attendants, realising the gravity of the situation, had two firefighters stay with the man to comfort him and to be there in an emergency should he have to be removed form the building quickly," said station commander John Bacon. |
| Alarm | Alarm |
| Mr Bacon said the fire was currently under investigation, "but at this stage there was no reason to believe it had a sinister cause". | Mr Bacon said the fire was currently under investigation, "but at this stage there was no reason to believe it had a sinister cause". |
| "The situation could have been much worse, obviously somebody in the premises was alerted by the smoke itself but the alarm sounded very quickly," he said. | "The situation could have been much worse, obviously somebody in the premises was alerted by the smoke itself but the alarm sounded very quickly," he said. |
| "With premises of this nature, having a communal stairwell with alarm systems in place, gives an early warning in the case of fire." | "With premises of this nature, having a communal stairwell with alarm systems in place, gives an early warning in the case of fire." |
| Mr Bacon added that the fire precautions within the building were "sufficient to prevent excessive smoke from entering the flats". | Mr Bacon added that the fire precautions within the building were "sufficient to prevent excessive smoke from entering the flats". |