HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service will today launch a lifesaving campaign to improve the safety of older people.

The service is launching its campaign to coincide with Older People’s Day today and is urging people to help raise awareness of life-saving safety measures – such as a working smoke alarm – with older people.

The campaign will run for three months.

It comes after an elderly couple were evacuated from their thatched property in Andover after a fire sparked from an electrical fault following the overloading of plug sockets.