UK firefighter in heroic bid to save neighbours after suspected gas blast

An off-duty firefighter has told how he made his way into a burning house after a suspected gas blast and blaze which killed two of his neighbours.

UK firefighter in heroic bid to save neighbours after suspected gas blast

An off-duty firefighter has told how he made his way into a burning house after a suspected gas blast and blaze which killed two of his neighbours.

Paul Archer climbed the stairs of the fire-hit property in Riddings, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, to search for casualties but was beaten back by flames and intense heat.

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