A young family has been left heartbroken after an huge fire ripped through their home, destroying it entirely.
Josh Catchpole, 24, and his partner Grace, 30, are 'devastated' by the destruction of their home in the fire which has also consumed all of their possessions.
The couple from Bradford and their infant son Cory have been forced to move into Josh's stepdad's spare room to allow them to rebuild their lives after losing their home of four years, YorkshireLive reports.
Fortunately, none of them suffered from any serious injuries during the blaze as they managed to get out quickly.
Josh said: "We've lost everything. All we have left is the clothes we had on our back when we ran out.
"It's devastating and felt so hopeless for us. Everyone we know was calling to see if we were okay and all we could feel was numb.
"Cory is really struggling. It was really hard for him, especially the first few days, when he was waking up in a bed and a room that wasn't his own."
On Monday, March 21, Josh and Grace were sitting on the floor in their living room playing with Corey when they heard a bang from the kitchen that sounded "like plates were falling". They ran next door to see what had caused the noise and found a small fire in the corner of the kitchen.
"I turned to get something to try extinguish it but within seconds it had spread to the cabinets and kept going," Josh said.
"We had to grab Cory and get out of the house because it was spreading so fast. By the time we got outside it had blown the kitchen window off and the whole house went up in flames. All we could do was watch."
Josh, who works at a gaming café in Bradford, and Grace called the fire brigade, but the fire spread too quickly to salvage any of their possessions.
It's not known exactly how the fire started and has been put down as an accident - Josh said the best guess they were given was that it was due to a faulty toaster, but they have no way of knowing for sure.
The young family are currently going through the motions trying to claim on their home insurance, but have nothing in the meantime and are all staying at Josh's stepdad's house.
Josh added: "We were allowed to go inside and have a look for anything left afterwards, but there was nothing. We weren't even able to go upstairs because it was too unsafe.
"We're getting by - we're lucky because our family has been really supportive in trying to help us get back on our feet. We're so thankful for anyone that wants to try and help us rebuild."
To donate to help Josh, Grace and Cory you can visit their GoFundMe page here.
