'Words cannot describe losing our home in Stourbridge wildfire'
A couple in Stourbridge lost their home of 26 years after a wildfire destroyed multiple properties during a record-breaking heatwave. The couple expressed gratitude for the firefighters' efforts despite the total loss of their possessions.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the increasing threat of wildfires in residential areas during extreme weather events, raising concerns about climate resilience in temperate regions.
Image caption, Loxie and Robin Williams returned to their home for the first time on Sunday
A couple say words cannot describe how they feel after their home was destroyed in the Stourbridge wildfire.
Robin and Loxie Williams have lived at the four-bedroom house, on Ounty John Lane, for 26 years and had been out with friends last Thursday when the blaze broke out.
Surveying the wreckage of their home, they told the BBC that on their return that day they found firefighters had closed the road and they were forced to watch their neighbourhood going up in flames on TV.
"Somebody sent us a clip, which we couldn't believe," said Loxie, 78. "When you saw those flames coming out of the top you just couldn't believe it."
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