Overview
- Emergency services were called around midday on January 1 to New Hall Street near Black Horse Lane in Hanley following reports of a tent on fire.
- Police closed Marsh Street North at the Trinity Street junction while crews worked, and firefighters left the scene at about 2 p.m.
- Firefighters found a tent well alight and extinguished it with a hose reel jet as ambulance teams and an air ambulance attended.
- A woman sustained extensive burns to her arms and legs and was airlifted to hospital, where she remains in a critical but stable condition.
- The cause is under investigation, with police seeking CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage quoting incident 407 of January 1, while reports of deliberate ignition have not been confirmed.