Police issue update on Walsall blaze that left two in hospital with 'serious electrical burns'
The cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed
Police have said enquiries into the incident are continuing in conjunction with West Midlands Fire Service following a substation blaze in Walsall that left two men with serious electrical burns.
Emergency services were called to the scene after a fire broke out at the electrical substation. The two injured men received treatment for serious burns and were taken to hospital.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: “We're carrying out enquiries in conjunction with West Midlands Fire Service.”
The cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed and investigations remain ongoing.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: “At around 6.40am on Thursday (25 June) we were alerted to an incident in the Station Street area of Walsall.
“Three fire engines attended, from Walsall and Bloxwich fire stations, the first arriving within three minutes of being mobilised.
“The incident involved an electrical substation on the ground floor of a disused, three-storey, mid-terraced property of mixed commercial and domestic use.
“Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels and a fire extinguisher to extinguish a fire in the substation.
“Two men were treated at the scene for what are believed to be serious electrical burns, before being taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
“National Grid attended, and engineers have been working to restore power to nearby properties.
“We’re working with the police to establish the full circumstances.
“As of 9.30am, Station Street remained closed in both directions.
“People are asked to avoid the area, to allow emergency services and partner agencies to continue their work safely.”
West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed that both men were treated for ‘serious burn injuries’, with both being transported to hospital for further treatment.
An ambulance service spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of an incident on Navigation Street at 6.38am, two ambulances and a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic attended the scene. On arrival we discovered two patients, both men.
“They were treated for serious burn injuries before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.”
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