A mum has told of her devastation after watching how a major fire "severely damaged" her home. Claire Rogers was in the bath when she first noticed smoke coming in her house in Bestwood, Nottingham.
The 31-year-old said she put her pyjamas on and ran out of the house when she saw flames coming towards her home. It is believed to have broken out at around 5pm on Sunday, July 17.
Mrs Rogers, who has lived at her property on Stevenholme Crescent for 14 years, said she was "shocked to see flames coming towards my house so fast". She added: "Luckily my son was at his friends when it happened.