An 'angel in heaven' ... little Tanika Norton. Source: The Daily Telegraph
A four year old girl has died in a house fire at Claymore in Sydney's south-west.
Tanika and Tallisha Norton / Pic: Facebook Source: The Daily Telegraph
Chevon Norton, mother of Tanika and Tallisha / Pic: Facebook Source: The Daily Telegraph
TWO brothers yesterday told of their desperate struggle to rescue a four-year-old girl trapped in her burning home, as her distraught family remembered her as an "angel".
The Giaquinto brothers Rocco, 18, and Sammi, 17, rushed from a nearby townhouse to help Chevon Norton in her desperate battle to save her twin daughters Tallisha and Tanika - who were trapped in an upstairs bedroom of the burning Claymore townhouse.
Ms Norton was able to grab Tallisha but Tanika perished in the blaze.
"I saw the fire and I told my brother: 'We have to go help'," Rocco said. "There was fire all around the house. The windows started smashing as we were going in."
With tears welling in his eyes, Rocco described his frustration as a wall of fire blocked his way to the twins' bedroom.
"It didn't look that bad from outside," he said.
"But when I got in ... I saw fire all around the house.
"I couldn't get to her ... I didn't do anything."
The brothers tore palings off the back fence to gain access to the property before kicking down the back door.
After grabbing Tallisha, Ms Norton, 22, was turned back by an "explosion" as she tried to grab Tanika.
"She could see her (Tanika)," a friend, who asked not to be named, said yesterday.
"She went to reach for her and something exploded."
The fire devastation in Claymore as seen from above / Pic: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph
As neighbours of the young family yesterday struggled with the horror of the blaze, Tanika's aunt remembered the little "angel" whose star "shines bright" .
"Lord, I understand you need angels up there too, look after her in paradise. Please let her soar," Rinnie Norton wrote on her Facebook page.
"Her star shines bright."
She posted pictures of the girls, promising that she would buy "that Barbie castle cake you always asked for me to get you. You'll never be forgotten princess," she wrote.
Nearby residents left presents in front of the home, with cards telling the family: "We are here for you."
Neighbour Lisiate Vaka said he had seized a metal bar from his property in an effort to save the girls. "I smashed a window and tried to go through," he said. "But by the time I got there it was too late. Everything was fire."
He said his sons used to play with the twins and he was afraid to tell them what had happened. "They were so beautiful. So kind." Mr Vaka said. "They would play with the cats out the front. They loved cats."
Fire Commissioner Greg Mullins said he was considering commendations for the neighbours and officers who tried to rescue Tanika: "They showed courage and determination in the face of fierce flames and thick smoke."
Fire crews at the scene / Pic: Ian Svegovic Source: The Daily Telegraph
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