A young family are grieving the loss of their dog after a devastating fire ripped through their home. Jordon Larkin was working away in Newcastle when he received a call from a neighbour about the blaze at home in Rochdale.
Luckily, his partner Kerrie Sherwen, their eight-week-old baby Joshua, and Kerrie's 12-year-old son Jack were out of the house. But as their one-year-old dog Buddy tried to escape from the fire by hiding upstairs, he was killed by the smoke.
The family's belongings have also been ruined, while Jordon believes the inside of his home is now 'beyond repair'. "We're just very fortunate that we were out," Jordon told the Manchester Evening News.
