This footage shows Italian firefighters battling a house fire that almost claimed the lives of an elderly couple who lived there.

The Avellino Fire Brigade was dispatched after a fire started in a two-storey house in the town of Forino, located in the province of Avellino in southern Italy.

Newsflash obtained the images from the Vigili del Fuoco, along with a statement according to which the extinguishing efforts were complicated given that the structure was located in the historic centre of the town.

The flames that affected the entire house were extinguished with many difficulties, given that the structure was located in the historic centre of the town.

After a long and complicated struggle, the Fire Brigade teams were able to finally put the violent blaze under control.

In the footage, firemen can be seen closing in on the fire that raged throughout the entire structure and dousing it with water as thick plumes of smoke rise to the sky.

The two elderly spouses present inside the house managed to save themselves in time, and beyond an understandable fright, they suffered no consequences, local media reported.