A heroic mother died after saving her two young sons from a devastating house fire.

Kayleigh Lennox, 27, lost a fight for life in hospital three days after fire engulfed a two-storey property at Cant Crescent in Carlisle.

Police confirmed there had been a house fire on Monday, April 28. Kayleigh sadly died at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary on the night of Thursday, May 1.

Two children, aged four and three, were taken to the same hospital for treatment and were said at the time to be in a stable condition.

A post mortem had taken place with a cause of death offered of multiple organ failure, 30 per cent body surface area burns, and inhalation injury.