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Neighbours Rescue Woman From Fire

Published: February 19, 2007

A woman has been taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after neighbours rescued her from her burning house.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Country Fire Authority crews raced to the scene of the fire at the corner of Seares Drive and Old Lilydale Road in Ringwood East about 3.20pm (AEDT) today, an MFB spokesman said.

The fire had engulfed the single-storey weatherboard house when firefighters arrived.

“The female occupant, who was recently released from hospital, was assisted from the premises by neighbours (and was) suffering smoke inhalation,” the spokesman said.

MFB firefighters gave the woman oxygen until an ambulance arrived.

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