Man jumps from window to flee Birmingham restaurant blaze

A man jumped from a first floor window to flee a fire at one of Birmingham’s best known Indian restaurants.

Emergency services were called to Shababs Balti Restaurant on Ladypool Road just after 11:10 BST on Sunday after a fire broke out in the kitchen.

West Midlands Fire Service said the man had escaped before they arrived and was taken to hospital to treat smoke inhalation and burns.

A video shared on social media shows dozens of onlookers on the street as thick black smoke billows from the building, with some throwing rocks to break windows.

Four other people were treated at the scene.

As the clean up began, the charred remains of kitchen equipment could be seen outside the restaurant with the upstairs significantly damaged.

Neighbouring shops have been examined and appear to have escaped any harm.

Three fire crews stayed once the blaze was extinguished while the restaurant’s extraction system was removed.