A mother in the Canadian city of Montreal has saved the lives of her seven children by throwing them from the window of a burning building.
The fire is reported to have started on the ground floor.
As flames and smoke spread, the mother gathered the children - aged two to 10 - by a second-storey window.
By the time firefighters arrived, she had thrown the children several metres onto a snowbank and jumped. All are being treated at a Montreal hospital.
None of the injuries is life-threatening, police said.
Neighbours praised the woman's instinct and courage.
"She's an extraordinary woman," neighbour Jehu Gauthier told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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