FIRE crews today rushed to a house blaze in the Grieve Road area of Greenock.

The blaze broke out within a semi-detached property on Plover Lane around noon.

Eyewitnesses said that a man was rescued from the building.

Flames could be seen shooting out of a top floor window, sending smoke into the air.

Firefighters used a high reach appliance to extinguish the flames.

Ambulance crews were also in attendance at the scene.

Eyewitnesses say the building has been left badly damaged.

The man who was rescued from the house, who is 58, was rushed to hospital. There is no information available at present about his condition.

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