'I was burned and cut but couldn't feel the pain because mum was still inside. I thought she was dead' - arson victim on her terrifying ordeal

"Amanda Uwase recounts the night her home was targeted in a reckless attack that nearly cost her family their lives"

"College student Amanda Uwase (23) was watching television with her younger sister last week when a petrol bomb was thrown through their kitchen window."

"Ms Uwase, her two younger sisters and two younger brothers escaped as the fire gutted their home in Finglas, north Dublin. But one brother was badly injured jumping from a second-floor bedroom window, while Ms Uwase sustained burns to her arms and body."

Amanda Uwase, 23, a college student, was watching television with her younger sister when a petrol bomb was thrown through their kitchen window last week. The device ignited a fire that quickly gutted the family home in Finglas, north Dublin. Ms Uwase, two younger sisters and two younger brothers escaped the blaze. One brother was badly injured after jumping from a second-floor bedroom window. Ms Uwase sustained burns to her arms and body. The family home was left gutted and effectively uninhabitable after the attack.

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