Man dies after suspected mobility scooter fire at Adelaide retirement village

The 83-year-old died at the scene while an 81-year-old woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries

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An elderly man has died and a woman is in hospital after a suspected mobility scooter fire tore through a retirement village in Adelaide.

Police and fire crews rushed to Crestview Retirement Village at Hillcrest in the city’s north after a unit was engulfed in flames at about 10pm on Monday.

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