A devastated family watched their house go up in flames within a matter of minutes after narrowly escaping the blaze in their pyjamas. Within moments the whole house was alight and Leslie was unsure if her neighbours had made it out alive, she told EdinburghLive. The fire spread with such little warning that teenager Kacey didn't even have time to put shoes on before running outside. "I just opened my door, and I can see Christine's house, I looked and there was smoke coming from the roof and the next thing the whole house went up in flames. "Kacey didn't even have shoes on when she got out the house, Christine had her pyjamas on and the wee boy was the same.

Source: Daily Mirror March 07, 2021 05:50 UTC