Sleeping teens rescued from Lincoln house fire by police officers

Police officers rescued two teenagers from a house fire in Lincoln (file image)

Two sleeping teenagers were rescued from a house fire by officers, Lincolnshire Police has said.

PC Chris Bayes-Walker and PC Danielle Louth were patrolling the Moorland area of Lincoln on Wednesday when they spotted a caravan on fire on a driveway.

With flames spreading to the house, the officers entered the property and found the teenagers asleep.

Insp Jesee Karanga praised the PCs, adding: "Lives could have been lost".

Ginny, a hydrocarbon detection dog, pictured in protective booties, determined the cause of the fire was not deliberate

According to the force, flames were "quickly consuming" the windows at the front of the property.

It added the officers placed themselves in "significant danger" to rescue the teenagers.

Mr Karanga said: "Were it not for the officers' swift and well-made risk-assessed decisions and taking brave actions, lives could have been lost."

Daniel Moss, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue's area manager for prevention and protection, added: "Although they are not firefighters, police officers are highly trained to make split-second decisions in the interests of public safety."

Police confirmed nobody was hurt in the blaze, which a fire investigation dog helped determine was accidental.