AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a fire at a sheltered housing block left an elderly woman homeless.
Paramedics treated five people after a fire at Pintails in Crest Avenue, Pitsea, at about 8.15pm yesterday.
A woman in her nineties, who fled her burning flat before firefighters arrived, was treated for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters rescued two residents from their smoke-logged flat, upstairs.
About ten firefighters were initially sent to the scene after fire apparently broke out in an electricity cupboard.
But the incident commander requested a third appliance for additional breathing masks after crews reported the fire was well established.
The fire was out in about half an hour, then the firefighters used a high-pressure fan to clear the building of smoke.
The two upstairs residents were able to return home once the smoke was cleared.
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