FOUR people were led to safety after a fire broke out at a flat in Brynmawr earlier this morning.

One person was rescued from the first floor flat in Gladstone Street, and another was led to safety, whilst a third person was treated in hospital for a cut to the head and a one was treated at the scene just after 4am.

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Abertillery, Blaina and Brynmawr to to tackle the blaze using two hose reel jets, two thermal imaging cameras, safety jets and ladders.