'I'm just a window cleaner' says dad as he's hailed a 'hero'

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Anthony Quinlan, 42, from Huyton, said it's the 'best thing he has ever done;'

A window cleaner who stopped his van and ran into a burning house to rescue three children has been hailed as a 'hero'.

The dad-of-three said: "The next minute, it really engulfed. I threw my hazard warning lights on and jumped out and there were people standing around filming on their phones. I saw movement in the windows downstairs, so I threw my hood up and ran in and started banging on the doors."READ MORE: Woman hit by car on Smithdown Road

He said: "I was screaming and shouting 'get out, get out', and grabbing kids in blankets and giving them to the women. The fire was upstairs in a front bedroom but it was blazing. Anthony added: "When the fire engines finally arrived, it felt like a lifetime. I heard them but couldn't see them. I had to jump into my van and move it because I had just left it in the middle of the road and blocked all the traffic."On Facebook, ECHO reader Susan Cragg said: "Well done to you and the other good Samaritan for getting the kids and ladies out safe - you're true heroes."On the ECHO website one man wrote: "Buy that man a pint.

 

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