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| Three family members die in fire | Three family members die in fire |
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| Two adults and a three-year-old boy from the same family have been killed in a house fire in South Yorkshire. | Two adults and a three-year-old boy from the same family have been killed in a house fire in South Yorkshire. |
| A five-year-old girl is said to be critically ill, after the fire in the Highfield area of Doncaster on Sunday. | A five-year-old girl is said to be critically ill, after the fire in the Highfield area of Doncaster on Sunday. |
| Investigators are trying to establish the cause of the blaze and have appealed for witnesses, but there is no suggestion it was started deliberately. | Investigators are trying to establish the cause of the blaze and have appealed for witnesses, but there is no suggestion it was started deliberately. |
| A woman who died in the fire was said by neighbours to have been heavily pregnant. | A woman who died in the fire was said by neighbours to have been heavily pregnant. |
| Breathing apparatus | Breathing apparatus |
| The fire had taken hold in the ground floor of the terraced home. | The fire had taken hold in the ground floor of the terraced home. |
| Firefighters were called to the house by a neighbour and found all four people - a man, a woman and two young children - upstairs in the mid-terraced house. | Firefighters were called to the house by a neighbour and found all four people - a man, a woman and two young children - upstairs in the mid-terraced house. |
| They were taken to hospital, where the two adults and one of the children were pronounced dead. | They were taken to hospital, where the two adults and one of the children were pronounced dead. |
| People are really trying to come to terms with the fact that there wasn't anything they could do to help Rev Stephen Gardner | People are really trying to come to terms with the fact that there wasn't anything they could do to help Rev Stephen Gardner |
| Neighbour Sally Johns said the deaths had shocked the whole community. | Neighbour Sally Johns said the deaths had shocked the whole community. |
| Ms Johns said: "It's absolutely horrendous. | Ms Johns said: "It's absolutely horrendous. |
| "I've tested my own smoke alarms as I'm a mother of five children. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. | "I've tested my own smoke alarms as I'm a mother of five children. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. |
| "Just the worry that something like that could happen so close, it's quite scary, it's not good." | "Just the worry that something like that could happen so close, it's quite scary, it's not good." |
| The vicar at the nearby All Saints Church, Rev Stephen Gardner, said that neighbours who tried to help are in shock. | The vicar at the nearby All Saints Church, Rev Stephen Gardner, said that neighbours who tried to help are in shock. |
| "I've spoken to some, tried to comfort some, who were trying to get involved," he said. | "I've spoken to some, tried to comfort some, who were trying to get involved," he said. |
| "But by the time people were alerted to the situation, I think things were just beyond their ability to do anything about. | "But by the time people were alerted to the situation, I think things were just beyond their ability to do anything about. |
| "People are really trying to come to terms with the fact that there wasn't anything they could do to help. | "People are really trying to come to terms with the fact that there wasn't anything they could do to help. |
| "By the time they learnt about it, it seems things were beyond that." | "By the time they learnt about it, it seems things were beyond that." |
| A spokesman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: "The ground floor was well alight on their arrival but firefighters wearing breathing apparatus managed to locate the four casualties - a man, woman and two young children - in the upstairs of the property. | A spokesman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: "The ground floor was well alight on their arrival but firefighters wearing breathing apparatus managed to locate the four casualties - a man, woman and two young children - in the upstairs of the property. |
| "The two adults and one of the children were sadly pronounced dead in hospital a short time later," he said. | "The two adults and one of the children were sadly pronounced dead in hospital a short time later," he said. |
| Phil Shillito from South Yorkshire Fire Service describes how neighbours tried to help the family | Phil Shillito from South Yorkshire Fire Service describes how neighbours tried to help the family |