Mother and son fight for life after blaze kills boy, 2

A MOTHER and her 4-year-old son are fighting for their lives after a house fire in Cork yesterday, unaware that the blaze had claimed the life of the youngest member of the family.

Firefighters rescued Stacey Ellard, 26, her 4-year-old son Calvin and his 2-year-old brother Cian from their smoke-filled house in Wilton just after 4am.

But despite frantic efforts by paramedics at the scene, Cian was pronounced dead at Cork University Hospital (CUH) a short time later.