Smoke alarm saves man who fell asleep and set fire to mattress with cigarette
A man was saved by his smoke alarm after falling asleep and setting fire to his mattress with a cigarette.
We were called to a ground floor flat in Vange Hill Drive, Basildon yesterday (Thursday 25 April) at 9.21pm after a neighbour heard the alarm.
Two crews from Basildon arrived and rescued a man who was lying on a mattress which was alight.
Watch Manager Darryl Worster said: "The occupant fell asleep while smoking and the cigarette set fire to his mattress; it produced a lot of smoke but luckily it did not set fire to the bedding.