A heroic dad carried his four kids to safety before he became trapped inside their home as it went up in flames.
Kyle Clifford had gone back into the terraced house in Lincoln to save his wife Rebekah but the fire left them stuck inside a bedroom.
Firefighters eventually managed to save the couple with 27-year-old Kyle then fighting for his life in intensive care.
A photo shows the dad looking disheveled in his ITU bed, hooked up to breathing apparatus as he recovers from treatment.
Despite his heroism, none of his family are able to visit him in hospital due to the potential spread of the deadly coronavirus bug.
ITU wards across the country are being filled up with the most vulnerable Covid-19 patients who have moderate and severe cases of the infection.
These include Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is spending his second night in an intensive care unit in St Thomas' Hospital in central London.
It is unclear whether Rebekah, also 27, and the four children, aged between five and nine, needed treatment.
Her mum Dianna Logan told the Sun she was sent the aforementioned photo where her son-in-law is "absolutely covered in soot".
The 48-year-old grandmother continued: "He was hooked up to wires and he just looked awful.
"But he's getting there for sure. No one is allowed to see him at the moment because of the restrictions on coronavirus. It's just all so surreal."
“But he doesn’t think he’s a hero or take any of the credit."
She said her grandchildren "are my world" and she couldn't express how grateful she was to Kyle for saving them.
The couple's home was destroyed by the fire.
