One person found dead after fire in Sheffield flat
23 November 2019, 18:20
A person has died after a blaze ripped through a flat on Handsworth Road in Sheffield at around midday on Saturday.
Three fire crews were called to the scene at 11:30am Saturday morning, a South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said.
Firefighters found the person inside the east Sheffield property and the individual was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road was closed and bus services were rerouted for several hours while investigations took place.
Details about the person who died are yet to be confirmed by the fire service.
A person has sadly died following a fire at a flat on Handsworth Road in Sheffield.
— South Yorkshire Fire (@SYFR) November 23, 2019
Three fire crews were called just after 11.30am this morning.
An investigation into the fire will now take place.
An investigation into the blaze is ongoing, but a South Yorkshire Police spokesman said the fire was not being treated as suspicious.
Police officers remained at the scene into the afternoon.
Bus service First South Yorkshire confirmed on social media that their vehicles would be redirected.
A statement on Twitter read: "Due to a house fire at Handsworth top the road is blocked in to city buses are to divert via Balifield estate, Rotherham road past Morrisons on to parkway till Handsworth Exit and then pick up normal route from there. This is inbound only.
Stagecoach Yorkshire added: “We are sorry to inform customers that currently our x6 service cannot serve Handsworth inbound to Sheffield this is due to a house fire.”
