A 95-year-old woman has suffered smoke inhalation after being rescued from a fire in her Auburn home on Saturday afternoon. The blaze kindled in a Samsung washing machine in the woman's bathroom.

Firefighters from Lidcombe and Silverwater responded to a neighbour's call about a smoking unit on the corner of Perry Way and Mary Street at 2.10pm. Two concerned neighbours entered the unit to alert the elderly resident after hearing smoke alarms.

The 95-year-old resident was taken to hospital by ambulance along with one of the neighbours who came to her assistance, a 78-year-old woman. Both were treated for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly. Damage was confined to the unit's bathroom.