A firefighter has died after being pulled from a major blaze in a shop in the centre of Manchester, the city’s fire service says. Firefighter Stephen Hunt, 38, was part of a team responding to a fire at Paul’s Hair World in Oldham Street when he and a colleague got into difficulties last night. Both were rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital, but Mr Hunt died, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said. County Fire Officer Steve McGuirk said: “We are devastated by the loss of one of our colleagues who has died in the line of duty. “We never expect to lose a colleague in this way and it brings home the dangers that our firefighters put themselves in every day to keep the community safe.