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| Woman, 86, killed in house fire | Woman, 86, killed in house fire |
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| Fire chiefs are appealing to people to look after elderly neighbours after another pensioner died in a house fire. | |
| A woman of 86 was found dead by crews who attended a blaze in Yankee Street, Llanberis in Gwynedd on Saturday. | A woman of 86 was found dead by crews who attended a blaze in Yankee Street, Llanberis in Gwynedd on Saturday. |
| North Wales Assistant Chief Fire Officer Paul Claydon said cooking should not be left unattended. | |
| Elsewhere, a man was injured at Port Talbot and in Wrexham a pensioner in sheltered accommodation was found sleeping next to a fire in his flat. | |
| North Wales Fire Service said crews from Llanberis and Caernarfon were called to a property in Yankee Street at 1905 GMT on Saturday. | North Wales Fire Service said crews from Llanberis and Caernarfon were called to a property in Yankee Street at 1905 GMT on Saturday. |
| A search of the property was carried out and the body of the 86-year-old was found. She was pronounced dead at the scene. | A search of the property was carried out and the body of the 86-year-old was found. She was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| You should switch everything off on you cooker even if you are only leaving it for a second Paul Claydon, North Wales Fire Service | You should switch everything off on you cooker even if you are only leaving it for a second Paul Claydon, North Wales Fire Service |
| Mr Claydon said the thoughts of everyone in North Wales Fire and Rescue Service went out to the family of the pensioner. | Mr Claydon said the thoughts of everyone in North Wales Fire and Rescue Service went out to the family of the pensioner. |
| But he said it was the second time this week that they had been called out to a property where an elderly person had died. | But he said it was the second time this week that they had been called out to a property where an elderly person had died. |
| On Wednesday they had attended a house fire in Betws-yn-Rhos, Conwy in which an elderly man had died. | On Wednesday they had attended a house fire in Betws-yn-Rhos, Conwy in which an elderly man had died. |
| He said:"Yet again, we are urging people not to leave cooking unattended," said Mr Claydon. | He said:"Yet again, we are urging people not to leave cooking unattended," said Mr Claydon. |
| "It really only takes a few minutes for smoke to travel throughout your property. | "It really only takes a few minutes for smoke to travel throughout your property. |
| Smoke alarms | Smoke alarms |
| "You should switch everything off on you cooker even if you are only leaving it for a second." | "You should switch everything off on you cooker even if you are only leaving it for a second." |
| He added the fire service was asking everyone to help them make the homes of the elderly safe by ensure that they have all had a free home fire safety check, and by ensuring the elderly are visited regularly and that there smoke alarms are tested. | He added the fire service was asking everyone to help them make the homes of the elderly safe by ensure that they have all had a free home fire safety check, and by ensuring the elderly are visited regularly and that there smoke alarms are tested. |
| In a separate incident in Port Talbot a fire broke out in the kitchen of the flat in Wyvern Avenue, Sandfields, shortly before 0130 GMT on Sunday. | |
| The man was suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation and was given emergency treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital. | The man was suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation and was given emergency treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital. |
| A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fire Service said the blaze had started from food left unattended on a cooker. | A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fire Service said the blaze had started from food left unattended on a cooker. |
| In Wrexham, fire crews were called to sheltered accommodation at Montgomery Road at 0254 GMT on Saturday and found an elderly man asleep next to the fire. | |
| He was treated by ambulance crews at the scene but fire officers said he had been "very lucky" to escape. | |
| They said the cause of the fire was "carelessly discarded smoking materials". |