Young mum relives flat fire nightmare

Wednesday 23rd March 2011, 2:30PM GMT.

Nick Cotterill, partner Remi Loveridge and their son Theo outside their smoke-wrecked flat. The stairs were the only escape route for the three and Mr Cotterill’s five-year-old daughter passed the first-floor flat that was on fire. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 1113363)

A FAMILY night in watching Comic Relief turned into a nightmare for Nick Cotterill, his partner and his two children.

Mr Cotterill’s girlfriend Remi Loveridge, their son Theo, who will be two tomorrow, and Mr Cotterill’s daughter from a previous relationship, five-year-old Olivia, had been staying over at his flat when a fire broke out in the property below.

The family yesterday re-lived the horror of the ordeal, which saw them fleeing from the burning building in Mansell Street at around 11pm.

The blaze was caused after a cigarette set light to bed linen in the flat below.

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Sarah

March 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Just glad to hear that no one was hurt
Like Mr Cotteril said that person should not be smoking inside let alone in bed. It could of been a lot worse.

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