FIREFIGHTERS “smashed” into a house in the Bradford district after an explosion this afternoon.
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) was called to reports of a fire at a home in Bingley at 2.44pm today.
Emergency services, including police and ambulance, rushed to the scene in Britannia Street, near the Britannia Bridge.
Emergency services at the scene in Britannia Street, Bingley this afternoon (Image: T&A Camera Club/Deborah Clarke)
Firefighters climbing to an upper floor window at a house in Britannia Street, Bingley this afternoon (Image: T&A Camera Club/Deborah Clarke)
Deborah, a retired Bingley resident and Telegraph & Argus Camera Club member, spotted the “commotion” when she was walking along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and said she had heard fire crews had to smash through an upper-floor window.
A spokesperson for WYFRS said: “We were mobilised, but this was a false alarm, a cannister had exploded, causing smoke but no fire.”
A number of firefighters could be seen crowded round the building, with a ladder being used by one crew member to access an upper-floor window.
Mrs Clarke said: “I had been walking along the canal and I could see the commotion from the canal.
“As I walked across a Britannia Bridge, I could see a lot of firemen around the house and a ladder was put up to the second floor just before I arrived on scene.
Firefighters climbing to an upper floor window at a house in Britannia Street, Bingley this afternoon (Image: T&A Camera Club/Deborah Clarke)
Firefighters in a house in Britannia Street, Bingley this afternoon (Image: T&A Camera Club/Deborah Clarke)
“It was busy with the emergency services, but the situation seemed to be under control.
“I was thinking I hope everyone was safe and that there were no casualties.
“I heard a fireman tell a policeman that they didn’t know the cause of the fire as yet and I think the fireman said they smashed a window.”
The T&A has contacted West Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service for comment but has not received a response.