Child dies, 2 hurt in house fire

Bristol - One child died and two others were seriously hurt when fire a blaze broke out in ripped through their house at Farleigh…

Bristol - One child died and two others were seriously hurt when fire a blaze broke out in ripped through their house at Farleigh Walk, Bedminster Down, Bristol, yesterday.

The victims, who were trapped upstairs while neighbours tried battled to rescue them, are believed to be two boys and a girl aged between two and five.

They were pulled to safety by firefighters and before being given emergency trauma treatment by paramedics on their as they were taken way to hospital by ambulance.

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