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A man and a woman have been rescued after a fire at a block of flats in south Belfast. | A man and a woman have been rescued after a fire at a block of flats in south Belfast. |
They had been overcome by smoke fumes and were unconscious when fire crews rescued them from a first floor flat at the Russell Court complex. | |
The fire broke out at the flats on the Lisburn Road at about 2300 BST on Sunday. | |
About 30 other people were evacuated from the flats as fire crews worked to put out the blaze. | |
Gabriel Ferguson from the Fire and Rescue Service said the man and woman were saved because they had a smoke alarm. | |
"They found a man and a woman lying semi-conscious on the living room floor," he said. | |
"The crews brought the people to safety and treated them at the scene until the arrival of the paramedics." |
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