St Austell family devastated by electric van and house fire

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The Hensby family are staying in a hotel while waiting for alternative accommodation.

A family whose home was devastated by a fire they say started in their electric van before tearing through the house say they have been left with nothing.

Mrs Hensby, 44, said they were now staying in a nearby Travelodge, while their housing association searches for alternative accommodation for them."We have nothing, the whole house was thick with black smoke, our lightbulbs have melted, our curtains have melted," she said."I just don't know where I'm going to go from here, we are all just exhausted, I feel like I'm on autopilot.She said the ordeal unfolded as they were preparing to go to bed at about 23.

"The door disintegrated in minutes. Things were exploding, electric wires, everyone was screaming, neighbours were running - it was absolutely terrifying," she said.But the firefighting crews were "amazing".

 

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