Investigation finds huge blaze in Sheffield was ‘accidental’
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The fire started in a window shop on Chesterfield Road, Heeley, on Sunday morning and spread to flats above.
Flames also got into the roof space of terraced row of businesses and homes.
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Hide AdEmergency services were alerted to the blaze at around 10.30am on Sunday and an elderly man was found inside the burning building during a search.
He was taken to hospital, where he was in a critical condition yesterday.
Police and firefighters launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze and the findings have now been made public.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: “The cause of the fire has been recorded as accidental and was probably electrical in origin.”
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Hide AdAt the height of the blaze there were 40 firefighters at the scene, with crews spending most of the day there.