Flat, Stoke on Trent

Fire crews with an aerial ladder were to a kitchen fire on the eighth floor of the city centre Lindop Court tower block in Stoke on Trent on 22nd  May.

A total of five crews  attended from Longton, Hanley and Newcastle but the fire, believed to be started in a chip pan,  had already been put out by a sprinkler system when firefighters arrived at the scene.

1 concealed sidewall sprinkler had activated. The building had been retrofitted and has a BS 9251 tank and pump system.

There were no casualties.