Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service raced to the scene (Image: Getty)
A man tucked a five-month-old baby into his boxer shorts before leaping out a first-floor window as he escaped a house fire. The alarming tore its way through four flats in Heywood, Greater Manchester on Thursday afternoon.
A resident told how she spotted her heroic neighbour’s life-saving act. The man had smashed a window on the first floor to break free. Three people have been taken to for smoke inhalation, it has been reported. Meanwhile, the roof of the block of flats has since “caved in”.
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Drone images from the scene revealed the extensive damage to the roofs of a number of flats.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said crews responded to reports of a blaze at ‘four maisonette flats’ shortly before 3pm on Thursday. Residents in surrounding properties were evacuated.
North West Ambulance Service declined to comment or give further details.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: “At just before 2.55pm on Thursday (March 13) GMFRS were called to a fire involving four maisonette flats on Lochawe Close, Heywood.
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“A number of fire engines and special appliances were quickly mobilised to the scene with surrounding properties evacuated.
“Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used jets to extinguish the fire and are dampening down any remaining hot spots.
“Crews remain in attendance alongside Greater Manchester Police and North West Ambulance Service.”