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Pensioner escapes from house fire | Pensioner escapes from house fire |
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A 90-year-old man has been treated in hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation following a house fire in east Belfast. | |
The blaze began in a downstairs room at the pensioner's home in Isoline Street on Monday after 2200 GMT. | The blaze began in a downstairs room at the pensioner's home in Isoline Street on Monday after 2200 GMT. |
David Patton, from the Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire may have been started by a candle. | David Patton, from the Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire may have been started by a candle. |
"There was an elderly gentleman who had rescued himself. We found that there were traces of a candle," he said. | |
"There appeared to be no signs of any smoke alarms throughout the house. I think he was very lucky that he was wide awake or else there could have been more disastrous circumstances." | "There appeared to be no signs of any smoke alarms throughout the house. I think he was very lucky that he was wide awake or else there could have been more disastrous circumstances." |
It is understood that the fire started in the living room of the house and spread to the kitchen. | |
The pensioner managed to escape and raise the alarm. | |
However, the downstairs of the house is badly damaged and a living room is in danger of collapse. |
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