Four people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a fire early Saturday in a duplex in Lower Sackville, N.S.

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency District Chief Robert Hebb said they were called at around 3:12 a.m. to a structure fire on Riverside Drive. Ten units responded.

RCMP say a 40-year-old man was rescued from the fire by a neighbour and is in critical condition in hospital.

Three children ages five, six and nine were rescued by firefighters. They were taken to hospital a…