Hero binmen rush into burning house to save man inside

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Three binmen in Tameside bravely entered a burning house to rescue a man unable to escape the flames.

Lee Hewitt, Anthony Hibbert and Stephen Rhodes were doing their rounds in Ashton last week when they noticed smoke pouring out of a house.

The crew rushed to the rear of the home to investigate and found the back door had been left ajar. When the trio pushed it open, they found a man who had collapsed on the floor, suffering from smoke inhalation and struggling to breathe.

The brave group carried the man to safety, calling the emergency services to alert them to the blaze, before evacuating a family from the house next door.