Ayr pensioner dies after fire breaks out at Gemmell Court complex A pensioner has died after a fire broke out at a retirement housing complex. The elderly woman suffered severe smoke inhalation and burns during the blaze in Ayrshire on Tuesday. She was taken to hospital following the fire that broke out at Gemmell Court in Ayr at around 7.30am. Later on Tuesday she died from her injuries, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed. Three appliances attended the single storey property blaze in the town's Gemmell Crescent. Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property and rescued the woman from the blaze before she was provided with oxygen therapy until ambulance paramedics took her to hospital. A fire service spokesman said: "The fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters using a single high pressure water jet and crews remained on scene to ventilate the property. Police Scotland manned outer cordons and secured the scene to enable a fire investigation to take place. Hanover Housing Association runs the complex and confirmed the fire had taken place.