TWO Redditch sisters have been showered with praise after their quick actions helped prevent a fire at a family home from worsening. Emily Critchlow, aged 25, and her younger sister Marcie Flemming, aged 16, were out walking last Wednesday evening when they were shocked to see black smoke billowing from a garage on Oakenshaw Road. The brave duo swiftly decided to act with Emily banging on the door of the house, which was occupied by a family of four with two young children, and Marcie calling the fire brigade. It went from black smoke to going up in flames so fast. Emily said. Three crews of firefighters then rushed to the scene.