Police heroes rescue sleeping woman from blazing house

DRAMATIC pictures show two hero police officers rescuing a sleeping woman from a house fire.

- By Matt Clemenson

PCs Gregg Cartwright and Jamie Walker were on a routine patrol but sprang into action after spotting black smoke billowing from a house in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, with flames engulfing the conservatory.

Bodycam footage shows PC Cartwright using a baton to smash a window while his colleague sprints into the house to search for the homeowner.

An elderly woman, who had been asleep in the next room, was led to safety while the blaze was put out with a fire extinguisher.

Luckily, the woman escaped injuries in the fire which broke out on August 13.