Manchester Firefighter Was ‘Loving’ Father

The firefighter killed tackling a blaze in Manchester has been remembered as “loving” father who made his family proud.
Father-of-two Stephen Hunt was part of a team responding to a fire at Paul’s Hair World in Oldham Street, in Manchester city centre, when he and a colleague got into difficulties last night.

Both were rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital, but the 38-year-old Mr Hunt died.

His family said in a statement: “It is extremely hard to capture all of what Stephen means to our family.

“Stephen was an old fashioned gentleman with manners that are rare in this day and age. With core values which included loving his family, being the best father that he could be, loving and affectionate to those that were close to him.

“Stephen lived to serve his country having served for 7 years in the Royal Signals and…