West End star plays a real hero as he saves residents from fire

A star from the West End show Chicago has been hailed a hero after rescuing three people from a blazing building where residents were asleep.

Adam Stafford, 44, who plays Amos Hart in the musical, spotted smoke coming from the mid-terrace home and dashed in tell residents to get out as the fire, caused by an electrical fault, took hold.

Ali Khan, who was in the property in Maidenhead, Berks, at the time, said: "I had no idea the fire was going on until this guy came running in shouting 'there's a fire, get out'. I heard the alarm but I thought someone had burned their breakfast."

Mr Stafford experienced a serious fire as a teenager and said: "Once you've been in a fire you know the first priority is human life. I just knew I needed to get people out."