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Homes are evacuated during blaze Pensioner rescued from flats fire
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Twenty-five people have been moved out of their homes due to a fire in County Down. A 91-year-old man had to be woken up by fire fighters as a blaze swept through properties in County Down.
Two houses and a number of flats in the Mountview Terrace area of Banbridge were evacuated when the blaze started just after 0130 BST on Friday. Fire crews broke into the pensioner's flat at Mountview Terrace area of Banbridge after the fire broke out just after 0130 BST on Friday.
There are no reports of any injuries. A local leisure centre was made available to those who had to leave their homes. A total of 25 people, including children, were moved out of their homes. There were no reports of any injuries.
The cause of the blaze has yet to be established. Seven fire crews were called to the scene. The cause of the blaze has yet to be established.
An oil tank appears to have caught fire during the incident.
Several of the properties were badly damaged by the blaze, the rest appear to be smoke and water damaged.
A local leisure centre was made available to those who had to leave their homes.