27/01/2012

Woman Saved From House Fire

A woman in her 50s has been rescued from a house fire in Newry.

Firefighters attended the blaze at a house on Mary Street in the County Down city at 7:15pm.

The woman, who was found in a downstairs room by fire crew, is being treated in hospital.

Eugene McNally, the station commander, said: "She was very quickly brought out and treated for the effects of smoke inhalation at the scene."

(GK)


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