Woman jumps out of window after suspected arson attack
9:25am Sunday 5th September 2010 in
A YOUNG woman jumped out of an upstairs window after a suspected arson attack on her house.
It is thought the blaze started in Deepdale Road, Breightmet, when someone took washing from a line in the back garden, piled it against the back door and set fire to it.
Terrified Natalie Dawson, aged 21, panicked and leapt from a first floor bedroom window as the fire burned through the door and filled the house with thick black smoke.
She tried to jump onto a canopy below, but missed and injured her ankle as she landed on the concrete floor 15 feet below.
Her mum, 43-year-old Elizabeth Garry, who was also inside at the time, managed to escape unhurt through the front door.
Both women were also treated for smoke inhalation and taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital after the incident, which happened at about 1.45am on Saturday.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. He has been bailed until 2 October 2010 pending further inquiries.
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