At 8:53pm on Friday, 20 February, we received reports of a fire in a flat on Bath Road in Reading.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Whitley Wood, Theale and Wokingham fire stations were sent to the scene, alongside the Aerial Ladder Platform from Whitley Wood Fire Station.
Upon arrival, crews found a fire in a light fitting in a first-floor flat inside a high rise building. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel to put out the fire, before using a ventilation fan to clear the smoke from the property and make the scene safe. The scene was then handed over to the caretaker of the building.
Crews were on scene for approximately 40 minutes.