Firefighters and police officers pushed their way through thick smoke inside a burning Central Islip home Thursday to pull two unconscious women to safety, authorities said.

The women, ages 78 and 48, were first transported to South Shore University Hospital and then transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious, but non life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Updates on the two women's conditions were not immediately available late Thursday.

They were both found in a first-floor bedroom of the home on Dietz Street, "unconscious from smoke inhalation," said Central Islip Fire Department Chief Vinny Plotino .

Suffolk County police and firefighters responded to a 911 call at the home about 11:30 a.m. to rescue two women "unable to escape the lower level of

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