A mum has recalled the terrifying moment she knew she was dying while eight months pregnant as she rushed to save strangers from a fire. Alison Mulvaney was heavily pregnant when she and partner Daniel Richford noticed a large fire engulfing three vans as they returned home from visiting their son in hospital back in 2005.
Despite Alison being nearly nine months pregnant, she did not hesitate to rush to help those affected by the huge blaze, and while Daniel went to help children in a nearby home, the mum went to help another woman. But as she went to help, a nearby explosion caused Alison, from Speke, Liverpool, to collapse.
While others assumed Alison was going into labour, the mum said she knew that she was dying. She said she felt an "almighty bang" before pressure in her stomach like she had been kicked and was in "incredible pain" when she tried to walk, Alison told the Liverpool Echo.
