Mandy Hands, 45, said she forgot 11-year-old Curtis was sleeping inside the house in Coventry after she gathered up the family's four greyhounds and son Ashley, 16.

She only remembered her grandson after someone asked whether anyone else was inside - prompting a rescue operation by firefighters.

Mrs Hands told the Coventry Telegraph: "I can't get over the fact I left my grandson in bed.

"I was panicking so much trying to get everyone out that I forgot he was here. I never even checked on him.

"It was only when we were outside and someone said, 'Is there anyone else in there' that I remembered him, but no-one could get back in.

"I stood outside shouting up at the bedroom window and that was when the fire engines arrived."

Firefighters found Curtis - who was visiting from Portsmouth - asleep in a back bedroom and carried him to safety down a ladder as flames consumed the kitchen downstairs.

All three occupants were treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after the drama in Woodway Lane, Woodway Park, on Monday morning.

Mrs Hands' husband Craig, 41, and their eldest son, also called Craig, 19, left for work before the fire broke out. It is thought a faulty toaster started the blaze, which gutted the kitchen and damaged the rest of the house.

It only shows where her priorities are!

Absolutely disguisting. . . . Saving a dog first before your Grandson? What a shame

Thats what happen when one has so much passion for pet more than human beings

Even though it is hard to understand it could be possible that the grandson does not live there and it escaped her mind that he was spending the night

jokingmary:

Mandy Hands, 45, said she forgot 11-year-old Curtis was sleeping inside the house in Coventry after she gathered up the family's four greyhounds and son Ashley, 16.

She only remembered her grandson after someone asked whether anyone else was inside - prompting a rescue operation by firefighters.

Mrs Hands told the Coventry Telegraph: "I can't get over the fact I left my grandson in bed.

"I was panicking so much trying to get everyone out that I forgot he was here. I never even checked on him.

"It was only when we were outside and someone said, 'Is there anyone else in there' that I remembered him, but no-one could get back in.

"I stood outside shouting up at the bedroom window and that was when the fire engines arrived."

Firefighters found Curtis - who was visiting from Portsmouth - asleep in a back bedroom and carried him to safety down a ladder as flames consumed the kitchen downstairs.

All three occupants were treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after the drama in Woodway Lane, Woodway Park, on Monday morning.

Mrs Hands' husband Craig, 41, and their eldest son, also called Craig, 19, left for work before the fire broke out. It is thought a faulty toaster started the blaze, which gutted the kitchen and damaged the rest of the house.

No one is kicking themselves more than that old lady.

It's human error, and not the love of pets, she's not used to having him there, so one can forgive her for forgetting him,

Well to the woman, the dogs and the boy are just siblings

I get so tired of people who put animals before other people. DISGUSTING!

^^^ Different strokes

Na wa, Please bring my AK47 I need to wipe out these dogs.

Osama10:

Na wa, Please bring my AK47 I need to wipe out these dogs.

No

Don't do that

They woman will assassinate you

But as for the boy, you are free.

Apparently nobody here has ever been under real shock!

You'd be completely incapable of thinking of any sorts. Anything you to will be mechanical. I bet she didnt even know when she was gathering the dogs!

Ujujoan:

Apparently nobody here has ever been under real shock!

You'd be completely incapable of thinking of any sorts. Anything you to will be mechanical. I bet she didnt even know when she was gathering the dogs!

A shock that made you rescue the dogs and forget the kid, ought to kill that person.