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By Zesha Saleem A schoolboy in County Durham was almost killed after a fire in a wheelie-bin spread to his home on a first-floor flat – leaving him with devastating burns. Little Blaine Beattie suffered 40 per cent burns to his body after a suspected arson attack, which nearly took his life. Both the 10-year-old and his brother, 21-year-old Cameron, were asleep at the time of the incident, and were pulled to safety by firemen. The family lost all their belongings in the horrifying fire, – which happened at 1.15am on December 14 last year – including presents their dad Paul had bought for the b…