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Wednesday, 2 January, 2002, 10:12 GMT
Daughters rescue father from blaze
Altnagelvin Hospital
The three were treated at Altnagelin Hospital
The Fire Service has said two Londonderry women who pulled their 82-year-old disabled father from a house fire saved his life.

The man is bed-ridden with serious medical conditions.

All three were treated in Altnagelvin hospital in the city after the fire at their home in Dunmore Gardens in Creggan on Tuesday night.

The man was watching television when an electrical fault in the set started the fire.

See also:

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