A Masterton mother and her three children are homeless after escaping a fire that broke out while they slept yesterday morning.
Station officer Gary Beban said the woman and her children had fled their burning home by the time the first of three fire crews arrived at the scene soon after 8am yesterday.
He said the four had escaped the blaze uninjured and firefighters had also helped a disabled woman escape unharmed from an adjoining unit.
"They were asleep when the fire broke out but the mother and children were all outside by the time we got there."
The woman declined to comment yesterday morning and it is understood the property owner has rehoused the family at a Masterton motel.