'Heroic' neighbour and postman save Golborne family

[TrueBlueTerrier]

'Heroic' neighbour and postman save Golborne family from fire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-28462285" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;?

An "heroic" neighbour and a postman saved a family of three from a burning house in Wigan, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said.

Crews went to the house on Elm Grove in Golborne at about 09:00 BST after reports of a fire in the lounge.

The fire service's Steve Sheridan said a neighbour used a ladder to rescue two children, aged two and four, while the postman "shouldered the door in and got their mum out".

He said they did "a fantastic job".

He said another neighbour had gone "round the back and smashed the door in to try and get them out too".

'Game gone wrong'

A fire service spokesman said the fire was thought to have started "after a game between the children went disastrously wrong".

The family was taken to Wigan Infirmary for treatment for smoke inhalation.

One of the neighbours was also treated for smoke inhalation, while the other suffered cuts to his hands and legs.

Mr Sheridan said their actions had "potentially saved the lives of this family".

[tommytucka]

Says on the Manchester Evening News "It was around 9am and he was just finishing his round"

[Lounge Lizard]

Says on the Manchester Evening News "It was around 9am and he was just finishing his round"

Manchester area. Maybe TNT.

[Lounge Lizard]

Golborne wigan is WA3 Liz

[Lounge Lizard]

Thats all right Liz , probably didnt do geography at school or handsort the post at work

I also did geography at college and have visited Wigan occasionally and Manchester often, including this month
but I just scanned the article and saw "Greater Manchester" but not "Wigan".