Footage shows officers stopping house fire

A police bodycam captured the moment two officers helped to stop a house fire and rescued a woman asleep inside the building.

Nottinghamshire Police said Gregg Cartwright and Jamie Walker spotted black smoke above Mason Street in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, while out on patrol.

Seeing flames in a garden, they smashed a window to access the property and one officer led the woman to safety, while the other dealt with the fire.

Ch Insp Paul Hennessy said: "Their intervention might well have saved her life and the lives of others too."

Neither the woman nor the officers were injured during the rescue, the force said.

PC Cartwright said: "We knew there was somebody inside the building who needed to be saved, so we did what any other police officer would do.

"There wasn't really a lot to think about. We just forced entry, got the woman inside out, and then tried to handle the fire as best as we could."

Ch Insp Hennessy added: "PC Cartwright and PC Walker were out on patrol when they spotted the smoke and didn't hesitate to act when they recognised the dangerous situation that was developing.

"That rapid response and the calmness they showed to gain access to the address and – between them – get the woman inside out safely and extinguish the fire, deserves immense credit."

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