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Neighbour helped kids escape fatal Withington fire | Neighbour helped kids escape fatal Withington fire |
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A man has described helping children escape a house fire that killed two people after "hearing a scream". | A man has described helping children escape a house fire that killed two people after "hearing a scream". |
Investigations are continuing after a man and woman died and five people were injured in the blaze at a house in Withington, Manchester, on Friday. | Investigations are continuing after a man and woman died and five people were injured in the blaze at a house in Withington, Manchester, on Friday. |
Four children, aged between 10 and 17, and a man remain in hospital in a stable condition, police said. | Four children, aged between 10 and 17, and a man remain in hospital in a stable condition, police said. |
Robert Chilowa, who lives in the road, said he helped the children escape from a window of the burning house. | |
"I followed where the scream was coming from and I got to the house and saw there was fire," Mr Chilowa said. | "I followed where the scream was coming from and I got to the house and saw there was fire," Mr Chilowa said. |
"I turned around and there was this young girl there lying on the floor and she pointed at the window to say, 'please can you save my brother and my sister - ask them to jump?'. | "I turned around and there was this young girl there lying on the floor and she pointed at the window to say, 'please can you save my brother and my sister - ask them to jump?'. |
"So both of them jumped and I managed to put them in a safe place." | "So both of them jumped and I managed to put them in a safe place." |
The three girls and one boy are being treated for smoke inhalation and compression injuries after jumping from the window of the house in Parsonage Road. | |
Formal identification of the bodies and post-mortem examinations are yet to take place but next-of-kin have been informed, Greater Manchester Police said. | |
Police dog teams were at the scene on Saturday as officers investigated the cause of the blaze in conjunction with the fire service. | Police dog teams were at the scene on Saturday as officers investigated the cause of the blaze in conjunction with the fire service. |
It is believed the fire started in the living room at the back of the property, police said. | It is believed the fire started in the living room at the back of the property, police said. |
Parsonage Road between Parrs Wood Road and St Chads Road remains closed. | Parsonage Road between Parrs Wood Road and St Chads Road remains closed. |
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