Sheffield Council worker in brave bid to rescue man from burning flat

Emergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fireEmergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fire
Emergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fire
A Sheffield Council worker attempted to save a man from his burning home and alerted other residents after spotting flames billowing from a block of flats this morning.

Emergency services were then called to the burning flat on St Lawrence Glebe at 10.55am, where it is feared a resident died, although details of fatalities or injuries have not yet been released by South Yorkshire Police or South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

APPEAL: Fugitive brothers still wanted for questioning over serious offences in Sheffield Richard Edge, church warden at St Lawrence Church, said the council worker was inspecting gravestones in the church grounds when he saw the smoke.

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Emergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fireEmergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fire
Emergency services in St Lawrence Glebe, Tinsley, after a flat fire