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Fire in Eastbourne

Wednesday, 3 September 2025 11:00

Paramedics have treated two people after a house fire in Eastbourne.

Crews from East Sussex Fire and Rescue were called to Harrington Place, where a blaze broke out in a home on Monday afternoon.

Fire appliances from Eastbourne, Bexhill, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, were in attendance, along with a Command Unit and an Aerial Ladder Platform.

Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used thermal imaging cameras a firefighting jet to extinguish the fire.

The cause of the fire is thought to be an air fryer.

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