Eight rescued in blaze drama

FIREFIGHTERS led eight residents to safety after a fire at a block of flats.

Crews from Rotherham and Dearne were called to Rawmarsh Hill in Parkgate at 4am on Saturday.

The building was smoke-logged when they arrived and a door to one of the flats was on fire.

Fire crews wore breathing apparatus to search the flats. All occupants were checked over by ambulance crews at the scene.

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