Article: NSW: Police suffer smoke inhalation in dramatic fire rescue


AAP General News (Australia)
07-20-2009
NSW: Police suffer smoke inhalation in dramatic fire rescue

SYDNEY, July 20 AAP - A woman is in intensive care with burns and smoke inhalation,
while seven police were also taken to hospital, after a dramatic fire rescue in Sydney's
inner-west.

Responding to calls from concerned locals police forced their way into the 39-year-old
woman's burning unit in Newtown at 11.20pm (AEST) on Sunday, and pulled her out unconscious.

"When they arrived at her address on Susan Street they found her unit well-alight,"

police said in a statement.

"The officers were able to force their way ...

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