Boy’s burning clothes ignited oil tank

A BOY whose clothes caught fire had a miraculous escape after the flames spread to an oil tank and an electricity station knocking out power in 1,000 homes.

Yesterday the mother of 14-year-old Paul Maxwell said her husband and a neighbour saved his life by ripping off his burning clothes as he fled a blazing garden shed.

However they were unable to stop the flames spreading to an oil tank at the rear of the Maxwell home.