Burning rubbish causes fire in Bletchley flats
Woman taken to hospital with smoke inhalation
A woman was taken to hospital after a fire in the refuse chute of a block of flats on Sunday afternoon.
In the first of two incidents at the flats, firefighters were called to Mellish Court, in Melrose Avenue, Bletchley, at 2.51pm.
A fire had broken out in the refuse disposal unit on the ground floor of the 18-storey building, and smoke was rising through the communal chute.
It caused smoke-logging to the ninth floor, where a woman had to be helped to safety after suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke and taken to hospital.
Eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus cleared the smoke with a fan and put out the fire with a hose reel.
She was taken to hospital by South Central Ambulance Service.
About 35 people had to leave their flats while the incident was being dealt with.
In a separate incident, firefighters were called back to Mellish Court at 7.10pm because of a fire in bags of rubbish in a bin cupboard on the third floor.
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