A MAN has been rushed to hospital after he was rescued from a house fire in Southgate this morning.

Two fire engines and around ten firefighters attended the two-storey semi-detached house in Bourne Avenue at around 8am this morning before rescuing the man, believed to be 60, who was on the ground floor.

He suffered a heart attack and was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone for further treatment.

A London Ambulance spokesman said: “Extensive efforts were made to resuscitate the patient both on the scene and on the way to Whipps Cross Hospital.” The fire was under control by around 9am. No one else was in the building at the time.

The cause of the blaze, which damaged a quarter of the ground floor, is under investigation.

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