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Craig Jones & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Mum and child left terrified as lit firework thrown into their home

A mum and her child were put through a horror ordeal when a lit firework was thrown into their home.

The terrifying incident features in the debut episode of the new series of BBC's Yorkshire Firefighters.

This week's documentary episode follows the crew in the lead up to Bonfire Night during the coronavirus pandemic, Leeds Live reports.

During the lockdown period, Bonfire Night events and displays were cancelled to try and prevent further spread of the Covid-19.

As is shown in the episode, this led to some firefighters fearing that there may be an increase in anti-social behaviour involving fireworks.

We saw this in Yorkshire Firefighters when a crew were called to a report of a firework being chucked into a home in Leeds through the house's letterbox - while a mum and her daughter, aged under 10, were both still inside.

Ambulances were called the scene of the incident and the shocked mum was given oxygen at the scene - thankfully they managed to escape the property before fire crews arrived.

BBC show Yorkshire Firefighters follows crews all across the region. (Leeds Live)

The crew chief said: “That little girl, she was so frightened, that little girl could have been my daughter and it is about reassuring her that we are there to support her.

“And, we are there to make everything right.”

Crews put out the fire which had spread to the property’s carpet and supported the mother and her young daughter.

Fortunately neither mother or daughter had to go to hospital following the incident.

A firefighter at the scene said: “They got lucky, they got out.”

Elsewhere, a crew attended a major tyre fire in Bradford city centre.

Yorkshire Firefighters airs at 7pm on BBC2 on Mondays and you can also catch up on iPlayer.

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