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Incident Date: 04 February 2012
A WOMAN suffered burns after her clothes caught fire while standing close to a fire in Chadderton.
Two fire engines from Chadderton Fire Station were called out to a house on Dearnalay Way at 5.50pm on Saturday, February 4.
A 34-year-year old woman had been standing in front of the fire when her sari caught fire.
Her 27-year-old brother spotted that her clothes were alight and pulled the clothing from her, burning his hands while helping her.
The woman suffered burns to her chest, back and arm and was taken to hospital.
Her brother was treated at the scene by paramedics.
Firefighters were first on the scene and gave first aid to the man and the woman while waiting for the ambulance service to arrive.
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