Family and friends of the two little boys killed in a fire in Huddersfield have launched an appeal.

They want to help the devastated family ripped apart by Saturday’s tragic events in Fartown.

Brothers Logan Taylor and Jake Casey, aged three and two, died despite desperate attempts to save them from the blazing house in Alder Street on Saturday afternoon.

Now friends have launched an appeal to help the family through the ordeal of a funeral and to try and replace clothing, toys and other possessions lost in the blaze.

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The boys’ father is Jamie Casey and his cousin Kelly Hanley, of Paddock, is behind the appeal.

“Jamie wants to be left alone to grieve, as does Emma, but we want to do something.

“I have spoken to Emma and to other members of the family and we want to do what we can.

“You don’t realise the impact this has on the whole family.

“We want to help them with the funeral costs as that is something no-one would ever plan for, but also more immediate help with clothes and other stuff.

“They had only moved into the house a few weeks ago and they have lost so much.

“Nothing can help them get over the terrible loss of Logan and Jake but whatever money we raise can go towards the funeral costs for their two precious babies.

“We also want to help Finley, who has lost his brothers”.

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More than £1,000 has been raised so far.

Police described the fire as a “tragic accident” and a full investigation is under way.

Neighbours tried to get into the semi-detached house after the alarm was raised by the boys’ mother, Emma Taylor, who managed to get out of the house with her six-year-old son Finley.

Ms Taylor was said to have screamed: “Help me, help me” as her boys were pulled from the burning house by firefighters.

They desperately tried to save the little boys but they sadly died.

Neighbour Marcin Wojciechowski and another man tried to get into the house at the front but were forced round the back, climbing onto a veranda.

A floral tribute left outside the house in Alder Street, Huddersfield, where two boys believed to be aged two and three have died after a house fire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday February 21, 2016. A woman and another child were able to escape from the property before emergency services arrived at the scene. See PA story FIRE Boys. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Mr Wojciechowski said: “My wife heard the screams of the woman and then saw her running with her child. She began shouting that her other children were still inside.

“I ran across to try get them out with another man but we were forced back by the smoke.

“We attempted again to get in from the garden after breaking the windows but could not get in that way either.

“We managed to get inside to try again but the fire had spread quickly and we could not find the children and got out.”

Mr Wojciechowski , who has three children with wife Katarzyna, added: “This was a terrible day.”