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25/02/2003
Schoolboys save man from burning flat
Four schoolboys have been praised after they saved a man from a blaze in Co Londonderry.
The four teenagers were passing the Marlborough Terrace flat at around 11pm last night when they heard cries for help. They then forced their way into the flat and brought the man outside.
Emergency services arrived a short time later and the injured man is being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.
A local fire chief praised the boys' for their actions.
(GMcG)
The four teenagers were passing the Marlborough Terrace flat at around 11pm last night when they heard cries for help. They then forced their way into the flat and brought the man outside.
Emergency services arrived a short time later and the injured man is being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.
A local fire chief praised the boys' for their actions.
(GMcG)
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