A pregnant teenager leapt for her life as fire took hold in her Bradford home.

The 15-year-old, whose baby is due in December, and her parents had to jump nearly 12ft to escape the blaze, which is being treated as suspicious.

Police and fire investigators are now trying to establish the cause of the fire in Heysham Drive, Holme Wood, which started in the hallway near the back door.

The girl's mother Ann Allan raised the alarm when she awoke around 3.15am yesterday and smelled smoke.

Her husband Joe alerted their daughter who was sleeping in another room.

The teenager, still in her nightdress, managed to climb out of a first-floor bedroom window on to the porch roof at the front of the house as her parents jumped out of another window and a neighbour called the fire brigade.

Mr Allan then clambered on to the porch to help his daughter but the two fell to the ground, leaving them shaken but not harmed.

Mrs Allan, who is believed to have broken a foot when she landed on a parked car, has been detained in Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Mr Allan said: "My wife smelled burning and woke me up. I went out of the bedroom and

couldn't see my hand in front of my face.

"I went back into the bedroom and told her to get dressed, then woke my daughter up. I told them to get out through the window.

"My daughter got on to the porch but couldn't get down because she's pregnant so I climbed up and put my arm round her, but we both fell off."

His daughter, Gillian, was given the all-clear after a check-up at hospital. She said: "People were shouting at me to jump but I said I couldn't because my baby is due shortly.

"My dad came to help me and the next thing I knew, we were falling."

Sub Officer Keith Shaw from Odsal fire station said the family, who were treated for smoke inhalation, had a narrow escape.

He said: "The hallway where the fire started leads straight to the staircase and a smoke alarm upstairs had been disconnected. They would have struggled if it had really taken hold."

Inspector John McGill, from Odsal police, said: "The fire is being treated as suspicious and our scenes of crime officer has visited the house. Thankfully there were no serious injuries."

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