Chinese lantern warning after Ingol fire

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Chinese lantern warning after Ingol fire

Posted on - 15th March, 2015 - 2:50pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Ingol, Preston News

Damage caused by the lantern

Fire crews in Preston have urged those using Chinese lanterns to be careful after one caused a fire at a home in Ingol.

Play equipment including a trampoline was destroyed in the early hours of Sunday morning when a lantern landed on it.

Firefighters were called to the house in Thistlecroft shortly after 2.30am.

Remains of the pink Chinese lantern

Mark Woodward, Preston fire station manager, said a family had a lucky escape after the blaze ripped through the equipment.

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