Astonishing pics show firefighters save woman from third floor of blazing building

A woman was rescued from the third floor of a burning building in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Some 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines scrambled to the scene and tackled the fire shortly after 3am.

Three women had been able to escape the blaze on the third floor before emergency crews arrived, but the fourth became trapped on a balcony.