South Bristol home gutted in huge fire

A major fire broke out in a home in south Bristol - leaving the property partially gutted.

Three crews from Avon Fire and Rescue Service were called to the upstairs flat to the semi-detached house in Newland Road in Bishopsworth on Friday morning (August 18) at 11.34am. No-one was hurt, fortunately, and the fire service believe the blaze was started by accident.

Yesterday (August 20), the impacted side of the property was empty with burnt-out belongings were outside the front. The front window the flat was gone and the room behind it completely gutted. The occupants are believed to now be living elsewhere temporally.

A fire service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11:34am on Friday 18 August to reports of a fire in a residential flat on Newland Road, Bishopsworth. Crews from Temple, Hicks Gate and Bedminster attended and found a fire on a first floor flat affecting the roof space.

“Firefighters used two high pressure hose reels, two jets and a turntable ladder to extinguish the fire. Six firefighters wore breathing apparatus for safety. No persons were injured and the cause of the fire is thought to be accidental.”