PARAMEDICS who revived two drugs overdose children today told of the harrowing scene they discovered after being called to the youngsters' home.

And they described how they believed the children were dead when they arrived at Notre Dame Gardens in Blackburn in the early hours of yesterday.

Paramedic Pete Mitchell, of Blackburn ambulance service, was the first to arrive at 3am and found the children's mother holding one-year-old Darnish, who had turned blue.

Mr Mitchell said: "I believe the little boy slept with his mum and his strange breathing noises had woken her up. She was in shock. I thought the child was dead until I picked him up and felt a pulse."

Darnish Mujahid was not breathing properly. He began to revive when Mr Mitchell gave him oxygen, but he remained unconscious as he was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary with his mother.

Mr Mitchell said Mrs Mujahid was so traumatised she needed medical attention when they arrived at hospital.

At 4am, another ambulance was called to the house, where paramedic Geoffrey Brogden found the children's father and another man giving three-year-old Natalia mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Mr Brogden said: "There were no signs of life at all. Her difficulty in breathing had led to a cardiac arrest. Her father was hysterical. I tried to find out what had happened but I couldn't get anything out of him."

Mr Brogden carried on resuscitating Natalia then took her to the Blackburn Royal Infirmary with her father, Asad Mujahid. Both children were later transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury.