Man taken to hospital after Blackburn fire
A MAN was taken to hospital last night after a chip pan caught fire at a property in Blackburn.
Two fire crews were called to Kirby Road just after 5.45pm after smoke was seen coming from the property.
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Firefighters said the occupants had attempted to extinguish the flames using damp tea towels but were overcome with smoke, and were eventually ushered out of the property by a neighbour who had heard their smoke alarm sounding.
The crews administered oxygen to the pair, and fitted a defibrillator to one of them, due to complaints of chest pains, and he was then taken to hospital.
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