HAUNTING footage shows a “warzone” street left completely gutted by a huge fire during the heatwave. Houses have been destroyed and cars blown out after the blaze in Dagenham, Kent, yes…
A carpet of black grass that also caught fire as the flames spread can be seen lying next to the still-smouldering homes.
Horrified locals told today how they were forced to leave their possessions behind and flee as the fire erupted.He said: "I lost everything. The house, the garden, we had two beehives, there was no going back. "My son took some stuff and went round to his mate's house but about 10 minutes later that burnt down two/three hundred yards away so he has got nothing either.
"We opened up the church because I have the keys, we got everyone in, people were covered in soot, they were having a drink of water, but then that started filling up with smoke so we had to get everyone out again.Alfie Stock battled to save his childhood home with a hosepipe as the flames took hold but said he "lost everything"."We’ll get the site cleared, put a couple of mobile homes up and bounce back. We’ll start again.
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