Hero schoolgirl carries baby from house fire then returns to save rest of family

A heroic schoolgirl carried her baby brother out of a raging inferno - then walked back into the blaze to save the rest of the family.

Courageous Kelsey Davies pulled 11-month-old Andrew from the flames when the family home burnt down.

But tragically she couldn't reach four-year-old Jac, who died in the huge fire.

The children's mother Jenny Davies, 28, said: "Kelsey was amazing, she picked Andrew up out of his cot and got him out of the house.

"I'm very proud of her but I'll never get over losing my little Jac."

Single mum Jenny was asleep downstairs when the blaze broke out while her children were asleep in their bedrooms.

Kelsey was the first to wake up and ran to an upstairs window to scream for help.

She grabbed sleeping Andrew and carried him out of the house and into the arms of a neighbour.

Neighbours said Kelsey battled her way back into the house to help her mum and brother Riley, three, to safety.

Two men who live nearby arrived but could not get up the stairs of the four-bedroomed former council house because of the intense heat.

Police confirmed Jac died in the house fire at Pontardawe, near Swansea, South Wales.

[caption id="attachment_20906" align="alignnone" width="615"] Kesley Davies and four-year-old Jac[/caption]

Heartbroken Jenny said: "He was a handsome, lovely and playful boy with beautiful blonde curls.

"He was my life, my world, my everything."

Jenny and her three surviving children were treated for smoke inhalation at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.

Kelsey was said to be "inconsolable" after being told her brother had died in the fire.

Close family friend Kim Counsell, 28, said: "Kelsey is the oldest of the children and loves to mother her three little brothers.

"Her first reaction would have been to get them out of the house when she realised it was on fire.

"She went to the window and was shouting: "Help, help, someone please can you help.

"Then she picked Andrew up and carried him out of the house.

"By the time she got outside people were there and she handed him over before going back inside.

"It is an amazing thing for a six-year-old girl to do."

Ms Counsell said the fire was at its fiercest close to where little Jac was sleeping.
She said: "I am devastated, he was such a lovely boy.

Culled: Mirror.uk