Firefighters praised for response to Manchester blaze

Firefighters in Manchester have been praised after they brought a huge blaze in an apartment block under control.Hundreds of post-Christmas shoppers looked on in horror on Saturday afternoon as the blaze took hold of the upper floors of a 12-storey building in the city’s Northern Quarter.Three people were treated for smoke inhalation, two on site and one in hospital, and five people had to be rehoused in a neighbouring hotel.