Keighley fire crews rescued a family of six asylum seekers from a blaze in a ninth floor flat at the weekend.

Fire engines were rushed to Delph House on Parkwood Rise on Saturday night after a fire had started in a bedroom.

But before rescue services arrived, one courageous neighbour braved the smoke and flames trying to get into the flat and rescue those trapped inside.

Pensioner Joe Done, 70, who suffers from throat cancer and has just been released from hospital following an operation, ran through the smoke filled corridor twice.

But each time he was beaten back at the door to the flat by the thick black smoke.

His wife Jean, 65, said: "The alarms went off and then we heard a woman screaming outside.

"We opened the door and saw the corridor filled with thick black smoke, the woman was screaming 'babies, babies'.

"I phoned the fire brigade and Joe ran down the corridor to the flat and opened the door.

"But it was too much, he couldn't get in and had to come back.

"He tried again but the smoke was just too thick, it was pitch black."

Fire and rescue teams were able to enter the flat wearing breathing apparatus and evacuated four children and two adults.

They reported that the bedroom was severely burnt and the hallway was heavily smoke logged. No-one was injured.

The cause of the fire is being investigated, but there are no suspicious circumstances.