AN elderly couple had to be evacuated from their Atherton home after their settee set alight in the front room.
The couple, thought to have been in their 60s, were woken up by smoke at about 4am after a carelessly discarded cigarette was left in the room.
Two fire engines attended the Argyle Street terrace. The sofa was destroyed and the house was left smoke logged. No one was injured.
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