Student Accommodation in Reading Evacuated

Students at a block of flats in Reading had to be evacuated after a fire started in a kitchen area of the building last night (29th January).

Fire crews from Wokingham Road and Whitley Wood stations were called to Benyon Hall in Whitely at around 10.20pm, reports the Reading Post.Two fire fighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames on the ground floor of the tower block before using pressure ventilation equipment to clear smoke from the second and third floors.All the residents of the block were safely evacuated from the blaze, with no injuries reported.

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