Probe after horror blaze rips by way of household’s £1.3m nation mansion
- Fire ripped by way of the roof of a big home in Curdridge, close to Southampton
Dramatic drone footage reveals the aftermath of a hearth that ripped by way of a £1.3million nation mansion leaving the homeowners devastated after their house of 35 years went up in flames.
Fire ripped by way of the roof of a big home in Curdridge, close to Southampton, Hampshire.
The homeowners managed to flee unscathed as greater than 60 firefighters battled the blaze, managing to get it underneath management.
However, photographs now present the extent of the destruction with an investigation underway to attempt to uncover the reason for the hearth.
Hampshire Fire Service advised MailOnline this morning the blaze shouldn’t be thought be suspicious, however ‘at this stage it stays undetermined’.
The home sits on rural Curdridge Lane, the place latest home gross sales have ranged between £600,000 and £1.3m.
The house – Curdridge Court – is known to be owned by an aged couple of their 80s. It burned down simply days earlier than the husband’s 82nd birthday.
The aftermath of the home hearth in Curdridge – the roof is totally destroyed
Fire ripped by way of the roof of the massive home in Curdridge, close to Southampton
More than 60 firefighters labored into the night time to cease the hearth on February 11
The homeowners managed to flee unscathed as greater than 60 firefighters battled the blaze
An investigation is now underneath option to attempt to uncover the reason for the hearth
More than 60 firefighters labored into the night time to cease the hearth on February 11.
Fortunately there have been no casualties, with all occupants having safely evacuated.
After the hearth, neighbour Phil Sommereux, a retired dentist, 64, who lives reverse, stated: ‘We had been watching a movie when my spouse stood up and stated she may see flames and we realised it was a home on hearth.
‘I went over there to see if I may assist. We did not know if anybody was trapped. I referred to as the hearth brigade on my means over. Luckily all people was out and the hearth brigade was there.
‘It was fairly dramatic. It’s actually very upsetting for the homeowners who’ve been there for about 35 years.
‘The hearth had ripped by way of the roof. It was fully sudden. We clearly really feel very sorry for the homeowners.
‘It was fairly spectacular. I count on there might be numerous help for them.’
A press release by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service stated: ‘Fourteen hearth engines had been in attendance on the peak of incident, together with the aerial ladder, specialist water provider and environmental safety autos.
‘Crews from Botley, Bishop’s Waltham, Hightown, Fareham, Eastleigh, Wickham, St Mary’s, Droxford, Cosham and Hamble had been concerned within the preliminary levels of the blaze.
‘The electrical and gasoline provides to the property had been remoted by engineers, as firefighters used hose reels and jets to extinguish the flames.
Dramatic photos present the hearth on the night time it tore by way of the mansion
This is the aftermath of the devastating hearth . Luckily the occupants managed to flee
‘USAR officers supplied recommendation because of the property’s unstable construction following hearth harm.
‘The hearth was surrounded shortly after midnight, when reduction crews from Basingstoke, Alton, Hayling Island, Grayshott, Gosport, Rushmoor, Lymington and Horndean took over from the firefighters who had been first on the scene.
‘It was confirmed the roof had been destroyed and the ground-floor had suffered important water harm following the cease message, which got here in shortly after 9am.
‘Teams from Overton, Fordingbridge, New Milton, Redbridge, Liphook, Hardley and Winchester attended the next morning to proceed damping down hotspots.’
The footage emerged as this morning a three-story pub in Fareham was destroyed in a separate incident after a fireplace ripped by way of the historic Victorian constructing.
Roughly 50 firefighters have labored by way of the morning to deal with the blaze at The Osborne View on Hill Head Road after an alarm was raised simply earlier than 2.30am.
No visitors had been staying within the lodge and all workers have now been evacuated from the institution. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service stated 10 hearth engines and two water carriers had been at work to place out the hearth.
The Osborne View pub is engulfed in flames earlier this morning after a fireplace broke out
The managing director of the pub stated ‘fortunately all staff onsite had been evacuated earlier than coming to any hurt’
Matt Kearsey, Managing Director at Hall & Woodhouse, which runs the pub, stated: ‘A critical hearth broke out on the Osborne View Hotel in Fareham within the early hours of this morning (Thursday February 22).
‘Thankfully, all staff onsite evacuated earlier than coming to any hurt. The wellbeing of all these affected is our main concern and we might be offering help and reassurance to all those that require it.
‘Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service had been rapidly in attendance and are serving to to convey the hearth underneath management. I wish to move on my deepest gratitude to the emergency crews for his or her swift motion and bravado.
‘We might be supporting the emergency companies absolutely in any forthcoming investigation into the reason for the hearth.’
