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A "drunk" mum allegedly burned her young son and daughter alive inside their home after "getting fed up with them".

The evil woman doused her house in petrol before locking the front door of the house so the youngsters, aged four and one, would not be able to leave, according to reports.

She then set the house in Barakhoyevo alight and watched her children burn alive, police said.

Witnesses say the mum "did nothing to try and save her children."

The four-year-old boy burned to death in the fire while his younger sister was rescued by a neighbour and rushed to hospital in a critical condition, The Sun reports.

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She suffered burns to 25 per cent of her body and is said to be fighting for her life.

The mum, who hasn't been named, reportedly decided to kill her children after her husband refused to place them in an orphanage.

The couple had allegedly fought over the matter at their home before her husband left for work. The woman is said to have started drinking vodka after the row.

When it got to lunchtime, the mum-of-two started dousing the furniture and floor with petrol and set it alight before running outside and locking the front door, it is claimed.

According to reports, the flames quickly spread inside the house and thick black smoke engulfed the property.

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One of the family's neighbours spotted smoke coming from the wooden house and rushed to the scene.

Victor Nechaev, the village mayor of the village, told local media: "The guy broke a window and got inside the house.

"He heard the girl who was crying in the room and found her lying on the bed.

"[The man] picked her up and carried her out through the window."

After rescuing the girl, the teenager then went back into the burning house to look for her brother but could not find him.

The four-year old is thought to have tried to hide under the couch and lost consciousness because of the toxic gases.

His charred remains were later found by firefighters under the sofa after the fire was put out.

The woman was arrested at the scene and taken into custody and has allegedly confessed to killing her children.