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Man arrested after woman, 82, rescued from Coseley flat fire

An elderly woman was rescued from her home when a fire broke out in a flat below where she lived.

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The 82-year-old was carried outside the Dudley Council owned apartment block by a a neighbour in Rainbow Street in Coseley just before 7pm last night.

Fire crews from Dudley and Bilston attended. They smashed windows to the downstairs flat to tackle the blaze.

Ambulance crews treated one man and took another woman to hospital for smoke inhalation.

Police said one man had been arrested.

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