Blaze puts family in hospital

London - Four children and their heavily pregnant mother were in hospital yesterday following an early-morning blaze which destroyed…

London - Four children and their heavily pregnant mother were in hospital yesterday following an early-morning blaze which destroyed their home and left three of the youngsters unconscious.

The emergency services were called to the house in Gatley, Greater Manchester, by neighbours who heard the children's father, Mr Graham Harvey, screaming for help from an upstairs window shortly after 2.30 a.m. yesterday.

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