A FAMILY escaped from their home in the middle of the night when a blaze broke out in the bathroom.
Firefighters were called to Church Avenue, in Baxenden, at around 3am after reports the immersion heater in the upstairs bathroom had caught fire.
They spent 90 minutes putting out the flames.
The bathroom was severely damaged and there was also smoke damage to the rest of the detached property.
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