An 87-year-old woman was dragged to safety from a house fire
in lower Portobello last night after a passing motorist
noticed smoke coming from the Harington Pt Rd home.
The fire service was called to the home about 9.30pm, with
the fire understood to have taken hold.
Senior Constable Lox Kellas, of Portobello, said the motorist
called out, then crawled in to the house, where he discovered
the woman.
She was being attended to by ambulance crew at 10.30pm.
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