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Hero cab driver in pub arson rescue

A HERO cabbie saved three people from a pub fire - two months after the landlady spoke of repeat arson attacks.

The mystery taxi driver kicked in the door of the Knotty Ash Hotel in East Prescot Road after spotting the blaze at 4.30am today.

He hammered on the door, but when he was unable to rouse the staff he burst in and led them to safety.

Arsonists had torched a pavilion next to the pub and flames were minutes from spreading to the building. Smoke had already started to seep into the bedrooms where staff slept.

The fire service today said the occupants were lucky to get out.

In May the ECHO reported how the pub was on the brink of collapse after 12 months of attacks by gangs of yobs.

The pub was petrol-bombed after arsonists used a ladder to reach the large function room on the upper floor and hurled a flaming missile inside.

Over the past year, thugs have also smashed windows every week, poured petrol down the outside generator to try to cause an explosion, ripped down a newly-built smoking shelter, shot at each other in the pub car park and threatened to kill the landlady and her partner after they tried to remove an unruly gang of lads.

Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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