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image captionFirefighters also rescued a number of people trapped in the building
A woman caught a baby being lowered to safety from a first floor window after a suspected arson attack at a flat.
Maxine Claxton, 29, ran to help after hearing screams from the burning flat in Batemoor Road, Sheffield, on Monday.
The baby girl s mother had tied a makeshift rope around the infant s stomach so she could be passed into Ms Claxton s arms.
South Yorkshire Police said three men had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
Ms Claxton, a mother of four, said she was putting her children to bed when she heard screams for help.