KIDS KILLED IN HOUSE FIRE HORROR
FOUR children have died in a house fire which saw two adults jump from a first floor window with a toddler.
The blaze, in the Highfields area of Stafford in the early hours, also left the children’s younger brother, their mother and her partner injured.
The four children, who are aged between three and eight, were named locally as Riley, Keegan, Tilly and Olly.
The siblings’ two-year-old brother Jack survived, along with their mother, Natalie Unitt, 24.
Ms Unitt’s partner Chris Moulton, 28, also survived.
Screaming
Police said a man is being treated for burns and a woman is being treated for smoke inhalation.
The pair, along with the toddler, are in hospital, but their injuries are not life-threatening.
Tearful neighbours said they heard “screaming” and saw flames “lashing” out the windows.
Rob Barber, deputy chief fire officer for Staffordshire fire and rescue service, could not comment on the cause and said the man, woman and toddler escaped the house before their arrival.
He added: “Our firefighters were faced with very difficult conditions inside the property due to the severity of the fire.”
Part of the roof collapsed, windows were shattered and the rooms were left blackened by the blaze, which happened at about 2:40am at the house on Sycamore Lane.
Staffordshire Police said Tilly was aged four and the three boys were aged three, six and eight.