A 13-year-old schoolgirl died in a house fire where five other children, a woman and a man unharmed.
Firefighters were yesterday at 11.42 pm to a mid -terraced house in Kingsway, Prescot, led after receiving a call from 999 in which a fire was broken in the bedroom of the building on the first floor behind.
Buren told how to wake up from screaming and heard a man shout: “Jump, I'll get you out of the window” while Flames recorded the house.
Merseyside Police and MerseSide Fire and Rescue Service have started a joint investigation into the cause of the fatal fire.
Today, flower tribute, teddy bears, dolls and Disney characters were placed outside the building as a tribute to the teenage girl called locally as Layla.
Detective inspector Steven O'Neill said: 'Our thoughts are with the young girl's family on this very sad time. A joint investigation into the cause of the fire is underway and the girl's family is supported by specially trained officers. '
According to a local, the house was recently renovated.
A neighbor said to Liverpool Echo: 'I never expected the little girl to die. My granddaughter was friends with her, she always played with the children outside the house. She is deeply sad.
“There was a man who shouted,” Spring, I'm going to get you “outside the window.”
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