Man drops sister, 9, from window during suspected petrol bomb attack in Cork

Neighbours acted swiftly to rescue a young girl and her brother from a suspected arson attack in Ballyphehane

Screams and thick black smoke alerted neighbours to the fire after 6am and people rushed to help. The little girl was screaming for help from an upstairs window.

A man had to drop his nine-year-old sister from an upstairs window to neighbours below following the suspected petrol bomb attack in Cork City on Monday.

Neighbours rushed to help the nine-year-old girl and her brother, aged in his 20s, who were trapped upstairs by the fire in the Clarkes Road area of Ballyphehane, Cork City, on Monday morning at approximately 6.35am.