A man has died after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a takeaway restaurant.

The man in his 50s died at the scene in Bloxwich, Walsall, on Friday

Neighbours were evacuated from nearby houses and shops after emergency services were called to the burger shop in Cresswell Crescent at around 9.40pm.

Cara Jackson, 23, who was working at the neighbouring One Stop convenience store and who lives nearby, said medics tried to save the man using CPR.

She said: ‘There were three ambulances, four cop cars, a fire engine and the forensics obviously came after. I did see them doing CPR… I did see everything that happened.

‘I’ve scarred a little. I don’t really feel the best today because obviously I breathed it all in.’

She and her colleague were evacuated from shop while tests were performed.

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