Two heroic teenagers risked their lives to help rescue a woman trapped in a garden after a house went up in flames.
Three houses were hit by the suspected arson attack, leaving two families homeless.
Che Thompson, 16, and Leroy Moran, 15, were at the skatebowl in Meadowside, Braintree, on Saturday evening when they saw flames in the distance.
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