FOUR people, including two children, fled to safety as fire destroyed a first floor bedroom.
The Red Cross-run Fire Victim Support Unit was brought in to help the family after the blaze yesterday at 8.40pm.
A spokesman for the fire brigade said the fire started after a short circuit in a lamp in a walk-in wardrobe at the house in Irwell Street, Radcliffe.
Clothing and bedding burst into flames creating thick, black smoke which filled the first floor.
Two fire crews, from Whitefield and Bury, put out the fire which caused severe damage to the bedroom and smoke damage to neighbouring rooms.
None of the occupants were injured.
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