Just before 1am on Tuesday, Angie Moysey was awoken by her husband Mark and the dreaded sound of their smoke alarms.
Angie Moysey with the fire damage in the kitchen where it first started
But thanks to the quick-thinking couple, their working fire alarms and the hard work of Shropshire's on-call firefighters, the family were saved from total devastation. "We got downstairs and Mark opened the kitchen door and was hit by the heat and smoke but luckily he got the dog out, shut the door and we got outside."The couple put Walter in the car, moved it out of the way and called for help. Within minutes, a fire crew from Market Drayton station was at the scene.
"We have one outside the bedroom door and one at the bottom of the stairs, as well as a heat alarm in in the kitchen." "The whole kitchen will have to be replaced," Angie explained."Thankfully the fire was contained but the heat broke the kitchen windows, damaged the ceiling and everything is black and damaged.
Crews from Market Drayton and neighbouring Hodnet attended the fire at Angie's home, both from stations operated by on-call - sometimes known as retained - firefighters.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Two dogs rescued from house fire in Market DraytonTwo dogs have been rescued by firefighters from a house fire in north Shropshire.
Read more »
Latest solar farm plan in Shropshire countryside set for approvalA fresh solar farm planned for the Shropshire countryside a few miles outside the county town is set to be approved next week.
Read more »
Pair jailed for trying to sell part of Viking hoard found close to Shropshire borderTwo metal detectorists who hatched an illegal plot to sell abroad rare Anglo-Saxon coins found near the South Shropshire border have been jailed for more than five years.
Read more »
Shropshire teen singer 'super excited' for Liverpool show before Eurovision semi-finalPaint My Feelings singer-songwriter Macy O, from Highley, has been signed up to sing at a pre-show on Thursday before the May 11 second semi-finals.
Read more »
Shropshire’s cricketers heading to the north east for two final T20 group matches against NorthumberlandShropshire will select from a squad of 12 for Sunday’s NCCA T20 double-header against Northumberland at South Northumberland CC. shropshireccc
Read more »
Shropshire Council gets powers to enforce driving offencesShropshire Council will soon be able to enforce a range of driving offences – and implement its ‘School Streets’ programme – after being granted ‘moving traffic powers’ by the Department for Transport.
Read more »