The woman rescued from a house fire in Keith St has been released from hospital and although shaken is doing well, according to a fire investigator.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Whanganui fire-risk management officer Jess Hicks said she spoke with the woman on Monday.
"She is very lucky that she will be able to spend Christmas with her family," Ms Hicks said.
"She had a working smoke alarm that probably saved her life. She's very shaken up but she's doing well."
The woman's daughter Joleen Scott posted on the Wanganui Chronicle's Facebook page: "Still looking very much like she has lost most of her possessions, and can't work for a while because of smoke inhalation, but she is very grateful to [fire crews], as are all of her children and grandies."