A MOTHER and her two children fled to safety when a fire started in the loft of their home .
The family were outside their semi-detatched house in Sycamore Road, Colchester, when fire crews arrived at 11.36am yesterday (Saturday, January 26). to put out the blaze.
Station officer Trevor Watson from Colchester fire station said: "The loft area was heavily smoked-logged and crews wearing breathing apparatus quickly extinguished the fire and prevented it from spreading to the house next door."
He added" "It appears the fire started when an electrical cable overheated and caught fire to clothes and books stored in the loft area."