Seven people taken to hospital after fire rips through house in Welsh city

Seven people have been rushed to hospital with after a fire ripped through a house. Emergency services were called to the property in Cardiff's Caerau area early this morning, April 29. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the blaze on Tresedar Way at 3.

45 am and arrived on the scene alongside South Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service. All seven occupants of the property, who were inside when the fire broke out, are currently receiving treatment in hospital. Six ambulances were dispatched to the scene, as well as an air ambulance, which provided critical care support to one of the injured individuals.



A spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called today, Tuesday 29 April 2025, at approximately 3.50am, to reports of a fire at a property on Treseder Way in Cardiff." Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter sent twice daily to your inbox The response team included six emergency ambulances, an operations manager, and the Hazard Area Response Team, reports Wales Online .

The spokesperson continued: "Advanced critical care support was delivered by the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service in a Wales Air Ambulance Charity helicopter. One patient was conveyed by air and six patients by road to hospital for further treatment." Join the North Wales Live WhatsApp community group where you can get the latest stories delivered straight to your phone Firefighters from across the Vale of Glamorgan battled the blaze for three hours, rescuing one casualty from inside the property.

A spokesperson for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed: "We received a call at approximately 03:45 to reports of a domestic fire at a property in Caerau, Cardiff. "Crews and appliances from Ely, Cardiff Central, Whitchurch, Barry and Penarth attended the scene of a two storey semi detached property. Crews used four breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, one firefighter jet, one safety jet, a thermal imaging camera and a positive pressure ventilation to tackle the fire.

"There was no sign of fire spread to adjoining properties. Stop message was received around 06:57.".