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| Baby hurt as sparkler causes fire | Baby hurt as sparkler causes fire |
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| A week-old baby is in hospital and a family have been left homeless after a fire at their house in Londonderry. | A week-old baby is in hospital and a family have been left homeless after a fire at their house in Londonderry. |
| The blaze at Kelly McConnell's mother's house in Carnhill on Thursday was caused by a child playing with sparklers in an upstairs bedroom. | |
| The baby was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation and the house was extensively damaged. | The baby was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation and the house was extensively damaged. |
| Ms McConnell said they only became aware of the fire when the child had gone outside. | |
| "The smoke detector went off and my sister, who was in the house at the time, said she could smell burning," she said. | |
| "Mum thought it was from the kids running through the house going out the back with the sparklers, but she went upstairs to check. | |
| "Flames were going up the side of the walls and going up the sides of the beds. | |
| "So she just closed the bedroom door and got everybody out of the house." | |
| Kevin Chester, of the Fire and Rescue Service, said it was "lucky no-one was killed". | |
| "They had working smoke alarms in the house, they closed the door on the fire and left the property," he said. | "They had working smoke alarms in the house, they closed the door on the fire and left the property," he said. |
| "At this time of year, with Halloween, there are fireworks and sparklers, we are just asking parents to make sure children are accompanied and make sure they are kept safe." |