Original: To the south-west of Horsham, a taxi driver collected his fare, an 82-year-old wheelchair-bound woman and her daughter, from her house as the fire was no more than  away; the house was alight as the taxi drove off, and burned down within minutes.
Simplified: A taxi driver picked up an 82-year-old wheelchair-bound woman and her daughter, from her house as the fire was no more than  away; the house was alight as the taxi drove off, and burned down within minutes.