A paramedic who was rescued from a burning flat has had his favourite stethoscope replaced after his was destroyed in the blaze.

James Ryan, 29, had a lucky escape last month when he was dramatically rescued by firefighters from a flat in Weymouth after a lit cigarette caused an oxygen cylinder to ignite, trapping him in a room.

After being trapped in a bathroom without an air supply Weymouth firefighters pulled him out of the burning flat.

James, 29, of Weymouth, came away from the incident suffering from smoke inhalation but did not suffer any other injury.

Now he has been presented a specially engraved new stethoscope funded by the South Western Ambulance NHS Trust and medical supply company Medicare in Weymouth.

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