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Last Updated: Monday, 1 October 2007, 12:28 GMT 13:28 UK
OAP in hospital after house blaze
Map of Caswell
The blaze is said to have broken out in the bedroom of the house
An elderly woman has been airlifted to hospital after a house fire near Caswell, Gower.

Mid and west Wales firefighters were called to the scene on Caswell Drive just after 1100 BST on Monday.

The woman suffered burns and the effects of smoke inhalation in the blaze, which started in a bedroom on the first floor, said the fire service.

Crews from Sketty and Morriston in Swansea brought the fire under control by 1300 BST but remained at the scene.



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