“I felt absolute fear, you know, you don't expect to open your door and see a fire next to you.”

“They were being so brave, I mean to lose everything.”

“We were sat in the leisure centre and there were a few people that had actually lost their homes.”

“The next thing I know the police were knocking on my door and we had to go.”

“We could hear all the banging and the flames going up,”

“she had been left in "absolute fear" and the sounds of the flames could be heard from inside her home.”