A FAMILY was forced to flee from their home last night as a fire swept through a bedroom after a mattress caught fire in a front bedroom at the house in Ramsey Avenue, Farnworth.
A couple and their two children were alerted by smoke alarms and rushed outside to raise the alarm. No one was injured in the blaze but the bedroom was destroyed.
A fire brigade spokeman said children are believed to have started the blaze.
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