Detectives are probing the cause of the fire

A MUM and dad in their twenties have been killed in a horror house fire that left their two children in hospital.

Firefighters scrambled to the inferno on a street near Blackpool Tower at around 2.30am yesterday.

Josh Pearson, 28, and Danielle Bamber, 24


Josh Pearson, 28, and Danielle Bamber, 24Credit: Facebook

The couple were killed in a house fire
The couple were killed in a house fireCredit: Facebook

The aftermath of the house fire in Blackpool
The aftermath of the house fire in Blackpool

Cops at the scene yesterday
Cops at the scene yesterday

The burnt-out home has been cordoned off
The burnt-out home has been cordoned off
A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene and a man, also in his 20s, died shortly after being taken to hospital.

They have now been named as Josh Pearson, 28, and his partner Danielle Bamber, 24.

Their two children have been taken to hospital, one of whom is in a “very poorly condition”.

Posting on a GoFundMe page, friend Codie Lee said: “Danielle was my best mate at school.

“Their little boys have been left with nothing due to losing everything in the house fire – no clothes, toys or anything.”

Neighbour Kara-Marie Pearson said her partner Jake Hartill rescued one of the boys by smashing through the door with a baseball bat.

Kara-Marie said: “If he hadn’t got that little boy out, he’d be dead.

“I heard this almighty bang and I looked out my bedroom window and the whole downstairs was literally in flames.

“You couldn’t even see it, it was pure orange. It was like an explosion.

“All I could hear was the dad screaming out, ‘Help! Help! Help!’ Me and my partner, we ran down.

“Jake got a bat and smashed the window in the door. As he smashed it, the little boy was behind it.

“He lifted him out of the fire and got him out, while the dad was still screaming upstairs.