Mother and daughter escape Manchester arson attack

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    A mother and her daughter were forced to jump from a window to escape what is believed to have been an arson attack in Manchester.

    In the early hours of yesterday morning, 8 August, a wheelie bin was set on fire, which quickly spread to a property on Melford Avenue in Moston.

    The mother and her teenage daughter jumped out of a first-floor bedroom window to avoid the flames. One has suffered a broken leg and the other a broken ankle.

    Their home has been left severely damaged.

    The fire service has launched a joint operation with Greater Manchester Police. They are treating the incident as an act of arson.

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