A mum was trapped at the front of her burning home as her little girl played in the garden behind after a terrifying blaze broke out.
Jasmine Somerville desperately tried to reach her daughter Amelia as flames ripped through her North Shields house. Thankfully the seven-year-old and her cousin were pulled to safety by a neighbour.
But the blaze, which started after tea towels left on the hob caught fire, has destroyed Jasmine's home and all the family's possessions.
