Family escape injury in home fire

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A woman and two children escaped injury in an early morning house fire in County Antrim.

The blaze broke out in the roof space of the premises in Newtownabbey at about 0500 GMT.

A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said the house was badly damaged despite the hard work of fire crews.

Assistant group commander Jeff White said crews managed to stop the fire spreading to an adjoining property.

"Very fortunately, the occupiers of the house were alerted to the fire prior to it developing into the lower parts and made their escape at that early stage," he said.

"It could have been much more serious."