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By Chris Slater & Ashlie Blakey & Joe Smith A man has been killed and five other people are in hospital – one in a life-threatening condition – after a fire ripped through a family home. The blaze broke out at a house on Warrington Road in Wigan at around 2.30am this morning with firefighters, police officers and paramedics arriving at the scene soon after. Firefighters said six casualties were located by crews wearing breathing masks and taken to hospital, but sadly one man has died as a result of his injuries sustained in the fire, the Manchester Evening News reports. A scene remains in plac…

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