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| A woman and three children have died in a house fire in Bolton, Greater Manchester police have said. | A woman and three children have died in a house fire in Bolton, Greater Manchester police have said. |
| A man managed to escape the blaze but two boys and a girl, all under the age of 13, and a woman were trapped inside. One of the children was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman and two children died later in hospital. | A man managed to escape the blaze but two boys and a girl, all under the age of 13, and a woman were trapped inside. One of the children was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman and two children died later in hospital. |
| Firefighters were called to the terraced house in Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town at 9am on Saturday morning. | Firefighters were called to the terraced house in Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town at 9am on Saturday morning. |
| A witness said she watched as emergency services performed CPR on two people taken from the burning building. “I saw them bringing people out. They were doing chest compressions,” she told reporters at the scene. | |
| She watched from her window as smoke billowed from the property. “It was 9am this morning when I heard all this commotion. Somebody – I don’t know whether he lived there – there was just a load of hammering, banging on a door. | |
| “When I saw him after he had his hands bandaged up and his head. He either lived there and managed to get out or he was trying to get in.” | “When I saw him after he had his hands bandaged up and his head. He either lived there and managed to get out or he was trying to get in.” |
| Police have said the man is being treated in hospital and is in a stable condition. | |
| DCI Chris Bridge, from Greater Manchester police’s Bolton borough, said: “These are utterly heart-breaking circumstances and our thoughts go out to anyone affected by this tragic incident. This appears to be a family home and we have been working to inform loved ones of this awful loss. | DCI Chris Bridge, from Greater Manchester police’s Bolton borough, said: “These are utterly heart-breaking circumstances and our thoughts go out to anyone affected by this tragic incident. This appears to be a family home and we have been working to inform loved ones of this awful loss. |
| “I know the community will feel the impact of this and I assure you we are working with our colleagues at GMFRS [Greater Manchester fire and rescue service] to get to the bottom of what happened, although we are currently not treating it as suspicious. | “I know the community will feel the impact of this and I assure you we are working with our colleagues at GMFRS [Greater Manchester fire and rescue service] to get to the bottom of what happened, although we are currently not treating it as suspicious. |
| “This means there will be officers and fire investigators in the area for some time and I would like to thank residents for their patience so far. This happened on a Saturday morning when many people would be up and about and I would appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to please call us.” | “This means there will be officers and fire investigators in the area for some time and I would like to thank residents for their patience so far. This happened on a Saturday morning when many people would be up and about and I would appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to please call us.” |
| Greater Manchester fire and rescue service tweeted: | |
| Our deepest condolences go to the family and the community. We will be in the local area in the coming days reassuring residents. https://t.co/ewjTZ2nudr | |
| Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said: “Dreadful news coming out of Bolton today. My thoughts are with the family, their friends and the whole community.” |