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| Person has died in a Swansea house fire, police say | Person has died in a Swansea house fire, police say |
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| A person is believed to have died in a fire at a house in Swansea. | A person is believed to have died in a fire at a house in Swansea. |
| The blaze broke out at a home on Llangwm estate, near Penplas, in Penlan, shortly after midnight on Monday. | The blaze broke out at a home on Llangwm estate, near Penplas, in Penlan, shortly after midnight on Monday. |
| However, the body has not yet been found because the house is unsafe to search, South Wales Police said. | However, the body has not yet been found because the house is unsafe to search, South Wales Police said. |
| A man and woman have been taken to the city's Morriston Hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. A pet dog was also rescued. | A man and woman have been taken to the city's Morriston Hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. A pet dog was also rescued. |
| "A third person who was at the property is believed to have died," a police spokesman said. | "A third person who was at the property is believed to have died," a police spokesman said. |
| "Due to the unsafe condition of the house, the body has not been recovered and therefore the identity of this person has not been confirmed." | "Due to the unsafe condition of the house, the body has not been recovered and therefore the identity of this person has not been confirmed." |
| The cause of the blaze is being investigated by police and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. | |
| Neighbour Gina Norwood said the woman who lived at the house had been in poor health and had moved to the area within the last two years after her daughter came to study in the city. | |
| "She loved her animals, her dogs - she was a lovely lady. She always had time for you, to say hello to all her neighbours," she told BBC Wales. | |
| "My son woke me up screaming to get out of the house. I looked out of the window and I thought the flat was on fire. | |
| "My son came out of the front and it was all blowing out, the flames." | |
| Ms Norwood said she called the fire service initially and later an ambulance to treat the woman's daughter, whom she said had received burns to her body. | |
| Her son Karl said he had heard a series of bangs which alerted him to the fire just after midnight. |