Elderly man taken to hospital after house fire in Calderdale
AN ELDERLY man had to be taken to hospital after suffering smoke inhalation in a house fire in Calderdale.
The fire broke out in the kitchen of a home in Wentworth Drive, Illingworth, shortly before 11pm yesterday (August 3).
Firefighters gave the man first aid before he was taken to hospital by ambulance.
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Hide AdCrews from Illingworth and Halifax, some wearing breathing apparatus, tackled the blaze using a hose reel before ventilating the property.
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A spokesperson for the fire service said there had been no smoke detectors inside the home.