A Belfast family has been left homeless after a fire in their kitchen on Tuesday morning.
The fire, which is being treated as "accidental ignition" and thought to have started at the cooker, happened on Tuesday. The occupants, a mother and her three young children, were not at home at the time, and had only moved into the property in the last few months.
Speaking to Belfast Live, a neighbour in Cairnmartin Crescent who has set up a Go Fund Me, said the young family are living elsewhere while they try to get things in order.
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"There was actually nobody in the house at the time, thankfully," she said.
"The fire service said they only would have had two minutes to get out of the house. It was workmen who heard the fire alarm and seen the smoke and then rang the fire brigade.
"I have set up a Go Fund Me to try and raise a bit of money for them. The family has only moved into the new-build house with her three young children. Everything in the house is ruined so I want to try help by raising a few pounds for her to help get back on her feet. All that they have is the clothes on their backs."
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said they received a call on Tuesday April 24 at 10.35am.
"Three fire appliances attended the incident - two from Springfield and one from Westland," they added.
"Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in a semi-detached property. Firefighters used three jets to extinguish the fire. The incident was dealt with by 12.11pm and the cause of the fire is believed to be accidental ignition."
Please follow this link to view the Go Fund Me fundraiser.
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