'It all just went up': Barnsley residents tell of flames sweeping through homes as major incident is stood down

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Four different communities were hit by fires - and firefighters were taken to hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion

Mr Saville told the PA news agency the first house was engulfed in flames within 20 minutes.

He added: “A lot of the community came together and tried to help but we couldn’t save those houses there because it was too much.”He said those who lost their house were all safe but one family was still looking for their cat. Mr Fox said: “I got a call on my video doorbell to say my fence was on fire, so I came back from work to find some lads in the garden fighting the fire with a hose pipe.“The wind blew it up on to the houses and this is what we see now.

Almost 1,000 people have contributed around £16,000 to a crowdfunding appeal to help the families who lost their homes in Woodland Drive.

 

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