{"id":132925,"date":"2021-07-21T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T08:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=132925"},"modified":"2021-07-21T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T08:38:01","slug":"postman-gets-nasty-surprise-after-spotting-smoke-pouring-from-letterbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/postman-gets-nasty-surprise-after-spotting-smoke-pouring-from-letterbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Postman gets nasty surprise after spotting smoke pouring from letterbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A quick-thinking postman spotted smoke coming through a letterbox and prevented a fire from gutting a house.<\/p>\n

Alan Condon, 54, was relaxing in his garden in Netherton, Dudley, the West Midlands, when he heard the Royal Mail worker speaking with neighbours.<\/p>\n

The postman had just spotted a fire in one of the properties after seeing smoke coming from a letterbox.<\/p>\n

Three fire engines were dispatched at 12.42pm on Saturday, July 17.<\/p>\n

Alan told the Liverpool Echo: "[The fire service] got through the door and it was a pan on the stove with no water and chicken in it would you believe? That's what it was. <\/p>\n

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"The fact is, if it wasn't for the [postman's] quick thinking and intervention, the house would have gone up in flames since there was no water left in the pan."<\/p>\n

Alan added: "I popped my head over the fence and I could see people standing by the house.<\/p>\n

"The postman shouted 'do you have the neighbour's number? There's a fire in the house' I said 'unfortunately not'.<\/p>\n

"He noticed the smoke, somehow from the letterbox, whether he was posting a letter or not. He looked through the letterbox and saw quite a bit of smoke and that's when he raised the alarm."<\/p>\n

The postman waited with the neighbours until the fire service arrived.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said: "We attended a property on Brecon Avenue, Netherton, on Saturday July 17. Crews were alerted at 12.42pm and on scene at 12.49pm. Three fire engines attended.<\/p>\n

"Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property a fire in the kitchen of the property. Once extinguished, crews used a positive pressure fan to ventilate the property.<\/p>\n

"No one was injured and the fire is believed to have started accidentally. The kitchen suffered light smoke damage. Crews left the scene at 13.34pm."<\/p>\n

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