Gardaí rescue man, 70, from fire

TWO hero gardaí saved a 70-year-old man from being burnt to death after getting a 999 call that his house was on fire early yesterday.

Gardaí Liam Phillips and Aoife Walsh raced to the scene of the fire in Davis Terrace, Mallow, after receiving the alert at 3.20am.

When they arrived they discovered the man was semi-conscious after being overcome by smoke and was lying inside his front door, wedging it closed.