80-year-old man rescued from burning flat in Derbyshire town – receiving trauma care at the scene

At 8.22am today, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to attend a fire at a flat on West Street, Eckington.

Crews from Chesterfield, Staveley and Birley in Sheffield were deployed to the address – rescuing an 80-year-old man from the property and providing trauma care at the scene.

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The blaze was subsequently extinguished, and the man was taken to hospital by the East Midlands Ambulance Service for precautionary checks