One person taken to hospital following Shetland fire By Jane Candlish June 4 2015, 1:29 pm June 4 2015, 1:29 pm Share One person taken to hospital following Shetland fire Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/600310/one-person-taken-to-hospital-following-shetland-fire/ Copy Link Firefighters will offer the free checks to those most vulnerable in Aberdeen A person was taken to hospital after a house fire on Shetland last night. Firefighters from Lerwick and Sandwick were called to the home in Virkie at around 7.40pm. A cooker was destroyed and caused smoke damage to the kitchen. Fire and rescue spokesman said that a man was taken to local hospital by ambulance, believed to have been suffering from smoke inhalation. The fire was extinguished by 8.25pm and the last fire appliance left the scene just before 9.30pm.
