Person dies following flat blaze in Sheffield

A person has died following a flat blaze in Sheffield this morning.
Handsworth Road, Sheffield (google)Handsworth Road, Sheffield (google)
Handsworth Road, Sheffield (google)

Emergency services were called to a fire at a property on Handsworth Road at around 11:30am this morning, Saturday, November 23.

Three fire crews from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue attended the scene, where the person was sadly pronounced dead.

An investigation into the fire will now take place.

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Handsworth Road is currently closed due to the incident. It is not yet known when it will reopen.

Police officers remain at the scene this afternoon.

Bus services were also diverted in the area due to the blaze.

Operator First South Yorkshire tweeted: “Due to a house fire at Handsworth top the road is blocked in to city buses are to divert via Balifield estate, Rotherham road past Morrisons on to parkway till Handsworth Exit and then pick up normal route from there. This is inbound only.

Stagecoach Yorkshire added: “We are sorry to inform customers that currently our x6 service cannot serve Handsworth inbound to Sheffield this is due to a house fire.”

The number 52, x55, x5 and 74 bus services have now resumed to run on normal routes.