'Should I throw them from the window?' Mum of two screamed as house burned around her
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn inquest into a fire that took the lives of two young children in Preston has heard about the chilling moment that a mother and nearby residents were forced to look on while a fire engulfed their family home, with the children still inside.
While the flames grew, their mother screamed for help, but to no avail. It was just after teatime on Friday, April 8, 2022, when Lorena Ferara took her two children, five-year-old Louis and his little sister Desire, just two years old, to the upstairs bedroom of their home in Coronation Crescent, Preston.
Her husband had gone to work and Louis was playing on her phone while she slept on the bed with her toddler. Lorena was woken by a smoke alarm going off and found a roaring inferno taking hold downstairs.
The inquest heard that she returned to the bedroom and attempted to lift the children up to a small window, but they refused to climb out of it, reports LancsLive. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
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