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Woman recovering after four days trapped under Melbourne house

A woman has been rescued after reportedly being trapped under a derelict Melbourne house for four days.

The woman, aged in her 30s, was freed from under an Essendon house on Saturday night.

It is believed she crawled underneath and became trapped, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade says.

Firefighters cut a hole in the kitchen floor to free her shortly before 9pm.

A spokesman from Ambulance Victoria said a neighbour heard the woman calling out and alerted authorities.

She has some exposure from the cold and has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a non-life threatening condition.

Police say they don’t know why she was under the floor and are now investigating.

-AAP

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