Devastated older brother of three children killed in house fire describes harrowing moment he tried desperately to save them
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The devastated older brother of three young children killed in a house fire has described the moment he tried desperately to save them.
Demi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died after a blaze broke out a family home in Manchester at 5am on Monday morning.
Speaking about the horrific incident, Kyle told the Manchester Evening News: "I fell asleep and the next thing I knew I could hear my mum screaming, ‘Fire!’
"There was lots of smoke so I climbed out of an upstairs window.
"I’ve gone to get back in but a cloud of smoke hit me in the face.
"I can’t get my head around it. It’s disgraceful.
"I tried to break the front door down and smashed a window, but I couldn’t get in because of the flames and the smoke."
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Kyle, 16, escaped the blaze after climbing out of an upstairs window.
He said he tried to fight his way back inside but was beaten back by flames and smoke.
Kyle's friend Bobby Harris also managed to escape through an upstairs window.
A nearby neighbour said she heard screaming and banging last night and she believed at first it was a domestic.
She described the street as being "quite loud".
Greater Manchester Police have launched a murder investigation into the blaze and two people have been arrested.
Mum Michelle Pearson, 35, is seriously ill and three-year-old Lia remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Kyle paid tribute to his family members saying: "Demi was a top girl, very funny. Brandon was very clever and doing well at school. He was brainy.
"He loved playing computer games and he was looking forward to Christmas."
Of Lacie, he said: "She was the same, clever."
Five people have been arrested in connection with the fire.