TWO people are being treated for smoke inhalation after being rescued from a burning flat in Birstall this morning.
At 6:59am fire crews from Cleckheaton and Dewsbury were called to reports of a flat fire on Carr Street.
When they arrived, they found that one of the flat's occupants had been rescued by passers by, but were told there was another person in the flat.
Fire crews entered the building and helped the second person out of the property.
Both men, one thought to be in his 30s and another in his 50s, were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The fire started in a bedroom, which was gutted by the flames, but did not spread to the rest of the flat.
A Fire Investigation Officer is at the scene this morning to try and find out the cause of the blaze.
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