Woman suffers serious injuries in house fire

A main road runs through a housing estate with properties off to the left and right sides. A side post is on the left side of the road and a lamppost on the right.Image source, Google
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Fire crews and paramedics were called to a house of The Parkway in Perton, Staffordshire

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A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a fire at a house in south Staffordshire.

Emergency crews were called to the home off The Parkway in Perton, near Wolverhampton, at about 16:00 BST on Tuesday.

Paramedics said they found the woman outside the house when they arrived and she had suffered serious injuries.

She was airlifted to the specialist burns unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency care, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

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