A bed-ridden woman has been bitten by a rat and two families have been evacuated from their homes amid an infestation in Reading.
The infestation has spread in the Byefield Road, Hatford Road and Brunel Road area of the Southcote suburb.Thames Valley Police said they were helping to investigate the woman's living conditions.
Reading Borough Council said that its environmental health team was "aware of a rat infestation in the general area".
A Berkshire-based pest controller Adam Howe said: "It is disgraceful for someone to be bitten in her bed."
Southcote ward councillor Deborah Edwards, who is also Reading's mayoress, said: "I know that this being attended to and hopefully this will be sorted out."
Council spokesman Oscar Mortali said they are "investigating possible links with the drainage system and the laying of bait.
He added: "As part of that work we have offered temporary accommodation to occupants in adjoining properties so that the team can gain the necessary access to carry out further work."
Police spokesman Adam Fisher said: "We are working with partner agencies to investigate the living conditions an elderly woman was found in at her home address in Byefield Road in late June."
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