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Overheating water heater triggers Preston city centre fire callout
Posted on - 16th April, 2016 - 10:17am | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Friargate, Preston City Centre, Preston NewsPreston firefighters were called to a flat off Friargate in the city centre after a fire involving a water heater.
AdvertisementTwo fire engines and crews attended the incident at Limehouse, between the Ring Way and Friargate around 10pm on Friday.
A water heater had overheated and melted a plastic surround.
A spokesman for the fire service said: “Though there was no fire to extinguish, firefighters isolated the heater from the electrical circuit and confirmed there were no remaining hazards or possibility of fire. No-one was injured.”
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