House fire family saved by neighbour.(News)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: August 17, 2001 | Copyright information

A QUICK-thinking neighbour saved a family from a raging house fire when he called in firefighters after spotting smoke.

A toddler and two adults at the property in Davidson Avenue, Old Town, were unaware of the spreading danger as batteries had been taken out of a smoke alarm at the house.

But the neighbour, who has ...

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