A young mum forced to flee her burning home with her baby son in her arms has spoken of her terrifying experience.
Katie Price, 21, was awoken by the smell of smoke in the two-bedroom flat in Sileby, at 10.30pm on Monday.
Scooping up her sleeping one-year-old son, Callum, she alerted her upstairs neighbours at the Homefield Road flats before running to another neighbour for help.
Both escaped unharmed, although Katie suffered a panic attack outside neighbour Kirsty Staden's home.
Katie, who has been inundated with offers of presents, clothing and furniture after an appeal was set up on Facebook, said: "I was just about nodding off when I could smell burning and I thought it might be something in the kitchen.
"When I got up, the whole flat was full of smoke and the front door was burning, with flames reaching the ceiling.
"I'd tried to put Callum in his cot in his own bedroom, which is next to where the fire was, but he has been a bit unsettled and wanted to come in with me.
"Thank goodness he did, otherwise things could have been a lot different.
"I don't want to think about it if he was in his own room."
Thankfully, Callum, whose favourite TV character is Fireman Sam, was unfazed by the drama.
Katie said: "He's two on January 2 and was oblivious to what was going on. At least he got to see the fire engines."
Katie, who is staying with her grandparents, in Loughborough, added: "I went back to the flat yesterday for the first time.
"It's not very nice."
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by Leicestershire Police and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service.
Katie said: "People are talking about it having been started deliberately, but I haven't got any enemies."
Katie admits to being overwhelmed by the public response to her pre-Christmas plight.
"I have practically lost everything, it's all smoke damaged, including Callum's Christmas presents.
"I've had a lot of donations and I can't thank everyone enough.
"I don't even know the lady who set it up, everyone has been so generous.
"Callum will probably end up with more presents than he would have had."
