Bramley fire: Evacuated residents ask why they heard no alarm

Many said they were alerted by friends or neighbours to the blaze which had broken out on the eighth floor of the Leeds City Council-run Poplar Court flats.

A man, woman and child had to be taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after the blaze which began at 10.30am this morning (Tuesday).John Rowe, who lives on the first floor, got out of the building after he was told about the fire by a neighbour.