Man suffers serious injuries jumping to escape blazing property
A man was taken to hospital after jumping to escape a fire at a West Midlands property.
The man received trauma care by ambulance staff before being taken to a major trauma hospital following the fire in Birmingham.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called by the fire service at 8.03am on Thursday to reports of a fire at a property in Stratford Road, Hall Green.
An ambulance, a paramedic officer, Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) paramedics and a critical care paramedic attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "On arrival, crews found a man who had reportedly jumped from the first-floor window of the property to escape the fire.
"The man was assessed and found to have sustained potentially serious injuries from the fall.
"He received trauma care from the team of ambulance staff before being taken by land ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
"A second person at the scene was uninjured.
"Ambulance staff remained on scene whilst fire colleagues searched the premises and extinguished the fire.
"The final ambulance resource cleared from the scene at around 9.50am."
West Midlands Fire Service have been contacted for a comment.
