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A mum has told how she ran into a burning house to save her son, cats and bearded dragons.

It came after Carl Dawe, 52, torched a caravan outside the property in a drunken rage with the fire then spreading to three homes and a car.

The blaze resulted in a woman - who he was having an affair with - suffering burns to her face, neck and hand which could leave her scarred for life.

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He claimed that he had "lost the plot" during what was labelled a "moment of madness in a meltdown," Liverpool Echo reports.

A court heard that Dawe was in a relationship but had been havi

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