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| Elderly man saved from house fire | Elderly man saved from house fire |
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| A man aged in his 80s is being treated for severe burns following a fire at his home in Bangor, County Down. | A man aged in his 80s is being treated for severe burns following a fire at his home in Bangor, County Down. |
| He was found in the hallway of the house in Innisfayle Drive just after 2000 BST on Wednesday after he had tried to tackle the blaze. | He was found in the hallway of the house in Innisfayle Drive just after 2000 BST on Wednesday after he had tried to tackle the blaze. |
| Neighbours were alerted by the man's smoke alarm going off and they called the fire service. | |
| Two fire appliances tackled the blaze, which caused damage to the hallway of the house. | Two fire appliances tackled the blaze, which caused damage to the hallway of the house. |
| Stephen Boyd, from the NI Fire and Rescue Service, said crews dealt with the fire within minutes of arriving and rescued the man. | |
| "He had discovered the fire before the smoke alarms went off and had been trying to deal with the fire himself," he said. | "He had discovered the fire before the smoke alarms went off and had been trying to deal with the fire himself," he said. |