A WOMEN was administered oxygen by firefighters during a call-out yesterday evening, Monday.

The crew from Warrington Fire Station was dispatched to Longford at 11.22pm after receiving reports of a fire in a skip.

On arrival at the scene on Densham Avenue, firefighters discovered that the skip was well alight.

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They subsequently used a hose reel to extinguish the flames and damp the skip down to prevent reignition.

A woman was administered oxygen by the fire crew at the scene as she was believed to be suffering from smoke inhalation.