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. An 81-year-old woman escaped the inferno but an 83-year-old man died at the scene. The woman was taken to Royal Adelaide hospital with minor injuries. Tony Randello, the chief executive of Crestview operator Aveo, said early reports from first responders indicated the fire was caused by a mobility scooter battery that was charging overnight.
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