A YOUNG mother and her two children were rescued after a fire in a flat in Taunton this evening.

Firefighters were called out at about 7pm to Charles Crescent, where the trio were trappped in an upstairs flat – with the fire affecting the front door and hallway.

The mother and one of her children were safely rescued through the front door, but fire crews had to use a ladder to rescue the other child from a first floor window.

Firefighters had the blaze under control by 7.30pm.