Scots family say devastating house fire left them with nothing but clothes on their back
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots family were forced to watch in horror from their garden after house fire left them with nothing but the clothes on their back.Jim, 54, and Nicola Jarvis, 45, were at home on Mary Street in Laurieston, Falkirk on Saturday, March 9 with three of their children Paul, 20, Robbie, 17, Chloe 14, when the fire alarm went off at around 7pm.
Within seconds they were forced to abandon the property and were left outside standing in their socks as their home burned to the ground.
Jim and Nicola had been out for a trip to Stirling during the day, taking their son Robbie to sit his driving theory test and had not long returned when the blaze broke out.
Speaking to the Record, Jim explained: "I heard the fire alarm and at first thought it was a typical false alarm but then I smelled smoke and jumped to my feet and ran into the kitchen.
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