Overview
- Fire broke out shortly before 7:30am on January 16 at 1 Constitution Hill in Hockley, concentrated on the top floor and roof space.
- West Midlands Fire Service deployed 13 crews with 10 engines, two 4x4 brigade vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform, with the first crew on scene within four minutes.
- One man was treated for smoke inhalation and taken to Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital.
- Constitution Hill and parts of Summer Lane were closed with several bus routes diverted, then roads later reopened as the response was scaled down.
- Investigators determined the cause was accidental, damping down was completed Friday, and crews conducted overnight safety revisits as National Grid isolated a nearby substation.