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Two taken to hospital after Anglesey house fire | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
A man and a woman in their seventies have been taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after a fire in Anglesey. | |
Crews from Llangefni and Menai Bridge were called to the house in Rhosmeirch, near Llangefni, at 04:00 GMT. | |
Initially, it was reported the fire started in the roof space, but later the fire service said it began in the living room. | |
The pair were led to safety by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus. | |
Both were taken by ambulance to hospital in Bangor. | |
The cause of the blaze is still being investigated but the fire service said it is thought to have started in the living room. | |
There was extensive smoke damage to the ground floor. | |
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 4.15am to reports of a fire at a property in Rhosmeirch, near Llangefni. | |
"A paramedic in a rapid response car and an emergency ambulance were dispatched to the scene, and a man and a woman in their seventies with smoke inhalation were taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor." |