Blazes break out in two homes overnight, elderly couple taken to hospital
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Save An early morning house fire has left two elderly occupants suffering from smoke inhalation. Photo / google maps
Two elderly people are in hospital after a house fire in the South Island.
The blaze broke out in the Seadown, South Canterbury, property just before 5am.
A St John Ambulance spokesman said a man and woman in the burning home suffered smoke inhalation.
The couple were taken to Timaru
Hospital in a moderation condition.
Four fire engines and five tankers helped battle the blaze that tore through the rural property before dawn.