Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Tributes have been paid to an elderly woman who died in a devastating house fire.
Firefighters were called to the blaze on Haveley Road in Benchill on Friday evening. A number of people attempted to break into the property after it went up in flames.
The victim, a woman in her 80s, named locally as Eileen, did not survive. One neighbour, who asked not to be named, described her as a 'well-known, lovely lady'.
He said: "I heard a commotion outside and when I looked out I could see flames and smoke coming from the house. "The windows had blown and people were trying to get inside. "I went out to help - there must have been around 20 people trying to get in. "W
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