Firefighters pull man from blaze

7:52pm Friday 13th April 2012 in Oxford

Fire crews clean up after a blaze on Cowley Road. Fire crews clean up after a blaze on Cowley Road.

OXFORD: A man has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Cowley Road this evening.

Fire crews were called to the blaze near The Cape of Good Hope pub shortly before 6.30pm.

The road was closed between The Plain and Marston Street.

One witnesses said firefighters kicked down the door and carried a man to safety. He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but his condition was not believed to be serious.

Comments(7)

east anglian says...
11:24pm Fri 13 Apr 12

cowley road still closed off around 11.00 pm. Was this really necessary?

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foy_sauce says...
11:56pm Fri 13 Apr 12

east anglian wrote:
cowley road still closed off around 11.00 pm. Was this really necessary?
Yes, keeping the road closed until 11pm must have been necessary, otherwise they would not waste their time doing it!
Just be glad they got there and were able to complete their job safely!

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Bogdan The MeerKat says...
12:19am Sat 14 Apr 12

east anglian wrote:
cowley road still closed off around 11.00 pm. Was this really necessary?
And the Darwin award goes to...

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L0RD PETER McVEY OX2 6EG says...
2:04am Sat 14 Apr 12

east anglian wrote:
cowley road still closed off around 11.00 pm. Was this really necessary?
ERR, when I got a cab up to the Exeter (for their usual excellent Curry) at about 8.30 Cowley Rd was open, although the house was totally gutted and the firemen were still inside when I returned just after midnight, but the road was open.

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bart_simpson999 says...
3:36am Sat 14 Apr 12

Yep I went past at 9 and it was fully open! Doh

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jamesp says...
9:11am Sat 14 Apr 12

There was another fire alarm later on. I managed to get evacuated from the cape twice in one night! It.probably got.re-shut

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L0RD PETER McVEY OX2 6EG says...
3:53am Sun 15 Apr 12

jamesp wrote:
There was another fire alarm later on. I managed to get evacuated from the cape twice in one night! It.probably got.re-shut
from what i've heard they don't usually close roads for false fire alarms, only when they find that there is actually a fire, east anglian was probably looking on the web and got wrong info, best he stay with his losing Ipswich and not bother us with his affairs.

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