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| Boy dies trapped in Highlands house fire in Milton | Boy dies trapped in Highlands house fire in Milton |
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| A six-year-old boy has died after being trapped in a burning house in the village of Milton in the Highlands. | A six-year-old boy has died after being trapped in a burning house in the village of Milton in the Highlands. |
| Aiden Owens was trapped in the blaze at the end-of-terrace property in Cromarty Drive, Milton, near Invergordon, shortly before 0230 BST on Sunday. | Aiden Owens was trapped in the blaze at the end-of-terrace property in Cromarty Drive, Milton, near Invergordon, shortly before 0230 BST on Sunday. |
| His mother and sister Chloe, 11, escaped by jumping out of a window and were taken to hospital in Inverness. | |
| Police said retained firefighters responded to the alarm within five minutes and reached the scene in seven. | |
| Northern Constabulary said the cause of the blaze was not yet known and a joint police and fire investigation was under way. | |
| The woman suffered minor injuries, while the girl's injuries were said to be more serious but not life-threatening. | The woman suffered minor injuries, while the girl's injuries were said to be more serious but not life-threatening. |
| In a statement, the boy's grandmother said: "Aiden was a wonderful wee boy who was very special to us all and who was loved by everybody that knew him." | In a statement, the boy's grandmother said: "Aiden was a wonderful wee boy who was very special to us all and who was loved by everybody that knew him." |
| Caroline Cameron, head teacher of Milton Primary School, in Kildary, where Aiden was a pupil said he would be missed by staff and his friends. | |
| She said: "All his friends and staff are remembering the many happy times we shared together. | |
| "He has left a gap in our Milton Primary family. It is a quiet place today. Our hearts go out to Aiden's family. We feel their loss." | |
| Aiden's sister, Chloe, is a primary seven pupil at at the school. | |
| Miss Cameron added: "We are thinking about Chloe as she recovers in hospital." | |
| Northern Constabulary said the fire caused considerable structural damage and the remains of the boy were located once the building was made safe. | Northern Constabulary said the fire caused considerable structural damage and the remains of the boy were located once the building was made safe. |
| More than 20 firefighters attended the scene and battled to control the fire overnight. | More than 20 firefighters attended the scene and battled to control the fire overnight. |
| Insp Gordon Greenlees, of Northern Constabulary, paid tribute to the emergency services crews who attended what he described as a "very sad incident". | |
| The officer said: "The fire appliances arrived within minutes of being mobilised and firefighters and police officers at the scene carried out a tremendous job in the most harrowing and difficult of circumstances." | |
| He added: "I would like to add my thanks to members of the public who assisted on the night and appreciate that this is a tragic event for the whole community as well as the family. | |
| "This was a difficult set of circumstances for all the emergency personnel involved and I am appreciative of their joint efforts. | |
| "A wee boy has tragically lost his life and a family has lost both their youngest member, their home and all their possessions." | |
| Richard Durham, convener of the Highlands and Islands Fire Board and a local councillor, said: "This was a real tragedy for a family and a community. | |
| "I would like to pay tribute to all the emergency services personnel who were involved in this terrible incident. | |
| "It cannot fail to touch anyone who was involved or is part of the local community." |