The quick thinking of a 5-year-old girl prevented a Hastings house from being burnt to the ground and saved the occupants from injury.
The blaze tore through a property on Sussex St, Mayfair, last night just before 7.30pm.
Neighbour Kelly Hopa said they contacted emergency services soon after they heard their children screaming at the sight of smoke and fire, as well as alarms sounding off in the street.
"Me and my partner and another woman tried to see if anyone was in the house and found that a guy and girl were still inside." Mr Hopa said.
He said they ran into the house and had to "drag the woman out", as both occupants had been "asleep at the time."