Woman and child escape dryer fire on Pontefract street

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A woman and child escaped a house fire in Pontefract thought to have been started by a dryer in the middle of the night.

The blaze broke out in the basement of a house on Box Lane, with the emergency services called at 3.30am.

An ambulance was called as a precautionary measure.

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