Family have lucky escape after blaze inside mobile home in Slindon

Firefighters were called to the property on Shellbridge Road yesterday (August 13) when the woman realised a kitchen fire had started.

She and her two children, both boys aged ten, were outside when they heard the property's smoke alarm sounding.

She rushed in to find an unoccupied pan on the hob cooker had burst into flames.

She immediately evacuated and took her children to a safe distance from the 12m X 5m home before she called the fire brigade.

Crews from Arundel, Chichester, Bognor Regis and Shoreham fire stations tackled the fire. It was three hours and 15 minutes before they declared the flames were finally out.

The family were sheltered in a neighbouring property during the incident after the fire began at 4.35pm.

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service's deputy district commander Lee Street said: "The occupier did very well to immediately vacate the premises and call the fire service out. She ensured that herself and her children were safe."

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