Residents escape blaze as fire crews smash through bedroom window of Manchester home

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Residents have been forced to evacuate a south Manchester home after a fire broke out. Fire crews descended on Heald Avenue, in Rusholme, this afternoon (August 24) to tackle the blaze.

Images from the scene show the fire had broken out from the first floor of the property. Firefighters were seen entering the property through the window of a front bedroom, with the window damaged following the fire.

Those inside managed to escape the house and all occupants were accounted for, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) says. Crews arrived shortly before 5pm and remained at the scene until after 7pm.

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Part of Heald Avenue was taped off while firefighters extinguished the blaze. A spokesperson for GMFRS said: "Just before 5pm this afternoon firefighters from Manchester Central, Salford and Whitehill attended a fire in a house on Heald Avenue, Manchester, where there were fears that people were missing inside the burning house.

"Firefighters doused the flames and conducted two searches of the property, establishing that all occupants were safe and accounted for. Firefighters were at the scene for just over two hours."

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