Woman rescued from house after neighbour spots fire

A woman has had a lucky escape after being rescued from a fire in her home in Staffordshire on Sunday night.

The fire was spotted by neighbour, Miss Lorraine Jackson who was on the phone to her mother when she looked out of her window and saw flames coming from the bedroom window.

Miss Jackson immediately called the emergency services and then alerted other neighbours to the fire.

Miss Jackson said; “I was on the phone to my mother and I just looked out and saw flames coming out of the window. I told my mum I’d call her back, rang the fire brigade and ran over and started banging on my neighbours door.  It was lucky because I just happened to look out of the window. In another 10 minutes I was going to go up to bed.”

15 firefighters attended the fire, along with 2 doctors, an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle.

An investigation will be carried out to determine the cause of the fire.