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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Mother rescued children from Barking fire that killed boy, 11, by dropping them from window, says neighbour

Two children escaped a devastating flat fire that claimed the life of a child in east London by being dropped to safety from a third-floor window, a neighbour has said.

An 11-year-old boy died when the blaze tore through a three-bedroom property at a block of flats in Barking shortly before 3.30am on Tuesday.

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