Paramedics were called to Truro Court on Canterbury Way in Stevenage at 8.45pm.
Ambulance service spokesman, Gary Sanderson, said: “A man in his 70s suffered the effects of smoke inhalation. He was stabilised by paramedics before he was taken to Lister Hospital in Stevenage.”
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