A neighbour helped to rescue two elderly women after a tumble dryer caught fire in Lower Heyford.

Fire crews from Woodstock, Banbury and Deddington went to the house in Cherwell Bank at about 10pm on Monday.

A spokeswoman for Oxfordshire Fire Service said paramedics treated two women for smoke inhalation.

 

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