Two men have been praised for helping a mum and six year old daughter to safety after a kitchen fire at their Bournemouth flat.

They were working at a bookshop off Hinton Road in the town centre at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon when they heard fire alarms and screaming at nearby Ellerslie Chambers.

Firefighters were called out - and the woman was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns, but the litte girl was unhurt.