A family has described its horror after the guest house which they have run for decades went up in flames on Sunday (May 14), leaving them with nowhere to stay. The say they were then forced to sleep on a takeaway shop's floor despite them all being over 60.
Police and the fire service were called out to the Alpha Guest House on Coronation Road in Southville on Sunday afternoon. Two fires broke out, and the fire service had to return to the guest house after they allegedly told people inside it that the first fire had been dealt with and left.
The blazes are now being treated as arsons, and police have urged anyone with information to come forward. One man was arrested on Sunday but has been released without charge.
