An heroic mum ran into a roaring house fire in a brave attempt to rescue her best friend.
Sarah Smith, 47, was woken up by the sound of a fire alarm ringing in her neighbour Lynn Gardiner's property on Quernmore Road, Kirkby, at around 6am on Thursday, January 26. When her husband Keith knocked on the front door and received no response, she ran around to the back of the house and entered through a back door in a valiant effort to save the 56-year-old mum of three.
She said: "I could see the flames through the little window in the hall. The front door was shut, so I ran around the back and started running up the stairs - but a window blew in front of me. I had melted glass all over my T-shirt. It was like fireworks, like those bangers that kids get, popping and exploding everywhere."
