A number of residents have been taken to hospital following a fire at a home in Whitley Bay.
Firefighters were called to a blaze at a property on Belmont Avenue at around 9.34am on Sunday, April 24 and spent nearly two hours tackling the flames. Two people who lived at the house were taken by ambulance to the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington with minor injuries.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service said confirmed that the cause of the fire is under investigation. Four fire engines from Byker and Tynemouth were in attendance during the incident, along with medics from the North East Ambulance Service and the gas board.
