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| Edgbaston house fire leaves one dead and three hurt | Edgbaston house fire leaves one dead and three hurt |
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| A woman has died and three people have been taken to hospital following a house fire in Birmingham. | A woman has died and three people have been taken to hospital following a house fire in Birmingham. |
| West Midlands Fire Service was called to the house on Speedwell Road in Edgbaston just before 07:00 GMT. | West Midlands Fire Service was called to the house on Speedwell Road in Edgbaston just before 07:00 GMT. |
| Firefighters managed to rescue one person from the property, while two others escaped by jumping from an upstairs window. | Firefighters managed to rescue one person from the property, while two others escaped by jumping from an upstairs window. |
| West Midlands Police said it was treating the cause of the fire as suspicious. | West Midlands Police said it was treating the cause of the fire as suspicious. |
| Forensic teams are searching the house as part of the investigation. | Forensic teams are searching the house as part of the investigation. |
| Two women and a man are being treated for their injuries. Their condition is not yet known. | Two women and a man are being treated for their injuries. Their condition is not yet known. |
| Eyewitness Michael Davis was one of the first on the scene. | |
| "I saw loads of smoke coming from the house on Speedwell Road, the whole outside of the house porchway was on fire when I got there," he said. | |
| "Me and another bloke ran up to the house and banged on the windows and woke the occupants up in the house. | |
| "One man jumped out of the back window and we were calling for the others to jump out. We caught two women who jumped, but one person was still left inside the house. | |
| "It was quite terrifying actually because there was a lot screaming. There was one person left in the house and the firefighters brought them out about 15 minutes after they got there." |