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Man and boy critically hurt in house fire

News imageBBC A fire engine and a fire van along with fire fighters outside a home on Redcar Road in Blackpool where a fire has broke out. The windows of the house are open and you can see fire damage.BBC
The fire broke out on Tuesday morning on Redcar Road in Blackpool

A man and a 13-year-old boy are in a critical condition in hospital after a house fire.

The 19 year-old and the boy were seriously hurt in the blaze on Redcar Road, Blackpool, shortly before 09:30 BST on Tuesday, Lancashire Police said.

A woman in her 40s, a man in his 20s and a teenage boy also suffered minor injuries in the fire.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but police urged people not to speculate, adding that the investigation was in the "early stages".

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