An emaciated man, 32, says he was held in his room for 20 years and set it on fire to gain his freedom, according to police.

They found the woman in a backroom of the home, still lying in her bed, after they crawled through the burning home from room to room. "We're crawling down the hallway with smoke to the floor.

A hero father ran into a burning bedroom to try and save his three ... She said: 'The door to the room was closed, Mrs Ahmed shouted to alert Naemet and her daughter and her daughter ran out ...