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Frenchwood road closed due to major house fire
Posted on - 14th April, 2017 - 10:35pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Avenham, Preston News
Emergency services are at the scene of a major fire at a house in Preston.
A home in the Boulevard, Frenchwood, had ‘flames coming from every window’ according to nearby residents.
Update: Fire crews investigating cause of blaze as woman taken to hospital
The property – close to the former newsagents – is cordoned off.
It is not known at this stage if anyone was hurt in the fire, which was attended by seven crews from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, three ambulances and three police cars.
The incident is understood to have begun around 8.45pm on Good Friday (14 April) and crews remained on the scene at 10.30pm.
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