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Woman jumps to safety from burning flat

A woman has been taken to hospital after a blaze at a flat in Paignton.

Three fire crews were sent to the property in Princes Street. When they arrived they found smoke and flames at a first floor bedroom window. A woman had already jumped to the ground.

She was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth for treatment for burns and the effects of breathing in smoke. 

A twenty eight year old woman is in police custody on suspicion of arson.

The bedroom was severely damaged and other parts of the flat also suffered from smoke damage.

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