Staff at a Nottinghamshire care home have been praised for the way they handled a fire which broke out in February. Managers at Hatzfeld Care Home in Blidworth were met with what the fire service described as a "significant fire with a large amount of smoke coming from one of the rooms".
Staff had attempted to extinguish the fire using a fire extinguisher but when the fire became too developed they followed their emergency procedures - calling 999 and evacuating residents to the nearby R.E.A.L Independent School as per their contingency plans.
Residents were made safe and no injuries were reported. Firefighters said the response from staff during the incident on the afternoon of February 21 avoided a more serious incident developing.
