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Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:34
The rescue has reinforced the campaign to keep 24-hour fire cover in the town.
Fire crews were called to Swanpool Street just after 1am to reports of "smoke issuing" from the three-storey building.
Three occupants had managed to escape after being raised by their fire alarms.
However a male occupant on the second floor was still inside.
Crew members Roger Strick and Ben Short rescued him, bringing him out of the building through the window and down a ladder.
He was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske for treatment.
Crew manager Stuart Williams said: "The fire crew arrived within minutes and if we didn't have 24 hour cover the person would have lost his life."
The fire started in a tumble drier in the basement and was contained to that room, but smoke poured through the entire building.
Two appliances from Falmouth, along with a third from Redruth and some additional crew were called to the scene.
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