EMERGENCY crews have been called to a fire at a home in York.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 11.24pm after reports of a fire in James Street just outside York city centre.
A service spokesman said: “Crews from York and Acomb responded to a sofa on fire in the living room of a ground floor flat.
“A woman was taken to hospital via road ambulance suffering smoke inhalation.
“Crews extinguished the sofa fire using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel and a positive pressure ventilation fan.”
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