AN elderly woman was taken to hospital following a bedroom fire at a property in Merchants Park, Pembroke.

It was reported at 4pm on Monday, December 30 and two crews from Pembroke Dock and one from Milford Haven responded.

The fire was confined to the ground floor and firefighters made use of eight breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets, one main jet and two thermal imaging cameras.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We sent an emergency ambulance to the scene, and a woman in her 80s was taken to Withybush General Hospital."

The extent of her injuries is unknown.