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07/03/2018
Elderly Man Rescued From House Fire In West Belfast
An 89-year-old man has been rescued from a fire at a house in west Belfast.
The blaze happened at a property in the Lenadoon Avenue area in Suffolk on Tuesday, 06 March.
Emergency services attended the scene and extinguished the fire.
A spokesperson from the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) said: "Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two main jets and two jets to extinguish the blaze in the kitchen."
The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental, however an investigation is underway.
(CD/LM)
The blaze happened at a property in the Lenadoon Avenue area in Suffolk on Tuesday, 06 March.
Emergency services attended the scene and extinguished the fire.
A spokesperson from the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) said: "Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two main jets and two jets to extinguish the blaze in the kitchen."
The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental, however an investigation is underway.
(CD/LM)
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