Two men treated for ‘serious electrical burns’ after fire crews called to substation blaze in Walsall
West Midlands Fire Service said the two men were taken to hospital.
Two men have been treated for ‘serious electrical burns’ and taken to hospital after emergency services responded to an incident near Walsall railway station.
Police and three fire engines were called to Little Station Street at around 6.40am on Thursday.
Police urged people to avoid the area, setting up a cordon around the scene.
West Midlands Fire Service has now revealed 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 in Birmingham.
National Grid attended, and engineers have been working to restore power to nearby properties.
The fire service said it was working with police to establish the full circumstances of what had happened and the road remained closed at 9.30am.
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.
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