Heroic neighbour used garden hose to battle Sheffield flat fire as firefighters raced to scene
A neighbour used a hose pipe in a desperate bid to extinguish a flat fire in Sheffield and to prevent it spreading.
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He took action after flames were spotted in a top floor flat on Laburnum Grove, Stocksbridge, yesterday afternoon.
As firefighters made their way to the blaze, the quick thinking neighbour stood on the lawn outside and trained a garden hose at the burning flat.
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The cause is under investigation.
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