Tragic Fire Death in Invergordon

From STV 26th June 2011:

Six-year-old boy dies in fire at family home as mother and sister leap to safety

A mother and daughter are in hospital after jumping from a first-floor window of their burning home in Invergordon.

A six-year-old boy has died after being trapped in his burning family home.

The boy, named locally as Aiden Davidson, was trapped in the blaze while his mother and elder sister escaped by jumping out of a first-floor window.

The alarm was raised at 2.27am on Sunday when neighbours heard screams coming from the end-of-terrace house in Cromarty Drive, Milton in Invergordon.

More than 20 firefighters were called to the scene and battled the blaze for several hours to bring the fire under control.

A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: "It was terrible. We heard a massive blast, like dynamite.

"I ran to the house and tried with others to get in - but the fire was just too hot. Others were pulling people away.

"It took some time for the fire engines to arrive, so we were trying to do what we could.

"The girl was then thrown from the first-floor window, followed by her mother. She landed badly and broke her arm and hurt her back."