Warning for dog owners after two pets escape from South Shields flat blaze

Two dogs are lucky to be alive after they were rescued by firefighters from a blaze at a South Shields flat.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Feb 2018, 11:56 BST
Updated 5th Feb 2018, 12:41 BST
Two dogs were rescued from a flat on Devonshire Street in South Shields. Pic by Google Maps.Two dogs were rescued from a flat on Devonshire Street in South Shields. Pic by Google Maps.
Two dogs were rescued from a flat on Devonshire Street in South Shields. Pic by Google Maps.

Two engines from South Shields Community Fire Station were called to a ground floor flat on Devonshire Street at 9.36am to reports of a fire in the sitting room.

The fire was caused by an electric heater which had been knocked over.

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Firefighters managed to rescue the pair of Staffordshire Bull Terriers from the flat and Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning to pet owners to make sure electrical equipment is switched off when not at home.

A spokeswoman for the fire service said: "There is a clear message that if you have got animals in the property, don't leave on any electrical equipment.

"If we had turned up half an hour later if could have been quite different."

Related topics:South ShieldsTyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service