Teenager saves baby from petrol bomb blaze

THUGS who failed to gatecrash a Limerick wedding, later torched the home of a relative of the bride while a baby and childminder slept upstairs.

Gardaí last night said it was a miracle the teenage babysitter awoke after hearing glass break, grabbed the 10-month-old baby and fled the house before it became engulfed in flames.

The couple who lived at the house in Byrne Avenue, Prospect, had asked a teenager to stay over to look after their baby while they attended a family wedding.

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