A MAN has been hospitalised with burns following a shed fire in Hitchin on Saturday after reportedly “trying to rescue his chickens”.
Two fire engines from Hitchin attended the blaze at a property in Bearton Road after receiving the call at 9.45pm.
A paramedic response car from Letchworth GC also attended the scene.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “We believe the man was trying to rescue his chickens which were trapped in the fire when he sustained burns to his hands.
“Following treatment by a paramedic, he was taken to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.”
The cause of the fire, which had been put out by 10.16pm, is not yet known.
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