Two young children escaped injury by fleeing from a burning bedroom. Seconds after the fire took hold, the three and four-year-old brother and sister hurried to find their mum, who was in the garden.

The family fled to safety at the home of a neighbour, who called fire crews to the house in Deacon Drive, Basildon, just after 10am yesterday.

Published Wednesday June 30, 2004

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