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Five children and two women are in hospital after being rescued from a house fire on Merseyside. Five children and two women have been rescued from a house fire on Merseyside.
The boys aged four, five-years-old, nine, 10-year-olds and a girl, aged 11, were pulled from the blaze on Westminster Road, Kirkdale at 0000 GMT. Four boys, aged four, five, nine and ten and a girl of 11, were pulled from the blaze on Westminster Road, Kirkdale, at around midnight.
The youngsters are receiving treatment at Alder Hey Hospital. Two women aged 30 and 50-years-old were also rescued. The youngsters are being treated at Alder Hey Hospital.The children's grandmother alerted fire crews.
Fire crews believe the blaze started in the kitchen and spread to the second floor where the children were sleeping. The blaze is believed to have started in the kitchen and spread to the second floor where the children were sleeping.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire does not have appeared to have been started intentionally. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire did not appear to have been started intentionally.
The children are been given precautionary checks for smoke inhalation. The children are being given precautionary checks for smoke inhalation.