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A 19-year-old woman is in hospital following a fire in a ground floor flat in Newry, County Down.A 19-year-old woman is in hospital following a fire in a ground floor flat in Newry, County Down.
A number of people escaped from the building in Cleary Crescent, but firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had to rescue the woman.A number of people escaped from the building in Cleary Crescent, but firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had to rescue the woman.
She was treated by ambulance crews at the scene before being taken to hospital. She was treated by ambulance crews at the scene before being taken to hospital, where she is said to be ill.
William Laverty from the Fire and Rescue Service said a working smoke alarm saved her life.William Laverty from the Fire and Rescue Service said a working smoke alarm saved her life.
"If there wasn't any fully working smoke alarms in these premises, we definitely would have been looking at fatalities given the ferocity of the fire and the gases it was giving off," he said."If there wasn't any fully working smoke alarms in these premises, we definitely would have been looking at fatalities given the ferocity of the fire and the gases it was giving off," he said.