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A WOMAN from Bolton who went into premature labour, today took her baby daughter to meet the firemen who came to her aid just hours before she gave birth.

She wanted to say a special thank you to Watch Manager Karsten Boyle and his crew who were working in Dijon Street in the town when Khadijia Ghanchi went into labour seven weeks early in September 2011.

Calling an ambulance for her, they then contacted her family and locked up her home before keeping her warm in a fire vehicle until the ambulance arrived.

Baby Ruqayyah was born hours later at North Manchester General Hospital weighing only three pounds. After spending three weeks on a neo-natal unit, before going home, she now weighs a healthy ten pounds.

Taking baby Ruqayyah in to meet the Green Watch crew to say thank you, mum Khadija said: "They helped me enormously and I will always be grateful to them. I just wanted thank them personally.

"It was such a shock to go into labour early, and when she was born she had two holes in her heart, but they have healed and she's doing really well today."

Watch Manager Karsten Boyle said: "I'm a dad of two myself and we just wanted to help the best we could. She is such a lovely little baby and it was nice that Khadija wanted us to meet her.

"It's nice to see everything turned out OK. She still looks tiny to me and she's four months old! I'll have to send her a birthday card!"

Last update: 18/01/2012 13:23:32