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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Olimpia Zagnat

Clifton neighbour describes tragic moments when fire killed mum and children in flat above

Steve Davies remembers getting up to 'neighbours knocking on my door' amid a tragic fire that claimed the lives of two children and their mum in Nottingham. Mr Davies lives on the ground floor of the flat on Fairisle Close, Clifton, below where the tragedy unfolded just after 3am on Sunday, November 20 last year.

Jamie Barrow was convicted on Tuesday, July 4, of the murders of Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, and daughters three-year-old Fatimah Drammeh and one-year-old Naeemah Drammeh, who died from smoke inhalation. He was also found guilty of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

Mr Davies, 54, recalls watching Netflix in the early hours of November 20 last year, when he got up to neighbours knocking on his front door. "I did not know my bathroom was on fire", he told Nottinghamshire Live. "I packed my stuff - my money and documents - and I ran around the back with the neighbours."

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