A 92-year-old man was woken up by the fire service after his shed was set ablaze on the hottest day of the year. On Monday, Jeffery James was woken up by the fire crew at his door, asking for access to his back garden. When he went to see what had happened, he was shocked to find flames appearing behind his garden shed.
The fire happened at around 5.15am, in the gully between Grand Avenue and Vachell Road, Caerau. Mr James has lived on Grand Avenue for the last 60 years and said he has never experienced anything like this before.
After the fire brigade left, Mr James phoned his son, Peter James, 61, to let him know what had happened. Peter said: “As soon as I got there, I went down to the gully and it was horrendous, I just couldn’t believe it. I knew my dad had CCTV so I went to check the cameras.
