A WOMAN has been rescued from a flat fire in Ashton-in-Makerfield last night.
Fire crews were called to Princess Road at 10.57pm last night following reports of someone trapped inside a building fire.
A 47-year-old woman was rescued from the property where a fire had broken out in the bedroom of a ground floor flat.
Two hose reels, breathing apparatus and a pressure ventilation fan were used by crews in an operation which took around 55 minutes.
The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics.
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