Lee on the Solent, UK. 1st November 2015. GV showing the aftermath after fire ripped through the home in Lee on the Solent. A naked flame from a candle in a pumpkin is believed to have caused a fire at a property in Lee on the Solent last night. The young couple who has only live in the property for a few months are said to be devastated. One neighbour who did not wished to be named said that the young couple where in tears telling them of the damage. The young family who where out at the time and are now staying with relatives in the area. Credit: uknip/Alamy Live News
Sunday 1st November 2015 GV showing the aftermath after fire ripped through the home in Lee on the Solent. A naked flame from a candle in a pumpkin is believed to have caused a fire at a property in Lee on the Solent last night. The young couple who has only live in the property for a few months are said to be devastated. One neighbour who did not wished to be named said that the young couple where in tears telling them of the damage. The young family who where out at the time and are now staying with relatives in the area. The neighbour who called 999 said that” There was a Halloween figure attached to the door a cloth one that was caught by a flame from a pumpkin on the doorstep. It happened all so quickly. The figure caught alight and than spread to the door there where flames travelling up the door frame. I ran back into my house and called the fire service. They arrived very quickly and tackled the fire. Fire Crews from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Battled to stop the blaze from spreading to roof of the property in Cockerell Close. Its believed that a ghost attached to the door caught fire after a near by naked flame set the material alight. Pumpkins can still be seen outside the property that caught fire just after Fire crews wearing four breathing apparatus using two hose reels extinguished the fire. Neighbours alerted the fire service after flames where seen licking the front door of the property. The owners who had only moved a couple of mouth ago where out at the time with their children trick all treating. ©UKNIP
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