FIREFIGHTERS have this morning rescued a 47-year-old man from a blaze in Littlemore.

The man was rescued from a ground floor flat in Champion Way at about 4am and left with paramedics.

South Central Ambulance Service spokesman Michelle Archer said the patient was treated at the scene and taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital.

No details about the extent of his injuries are available at this time.

Fire engines from Rewley Road and The Slade attended the scene.