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IN PICTURES: Four rescued from severe house fire

Four people were rescued as a fire ripped through a house in West Bromwich town centre.

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Heroic passers-by helped get two people out of the property in Brook Street while two others were pulled out by firefighters.

A downstairs front room was completely destroyed by the blaze, which took hold at around 2.20pm today. Neighbours told how they saw flames and thick smoke coming from the property.

The four men, who are believed to be eastern European, did not require hospital treatment.

Police have launched an investigation following the blaze.

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