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.
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