A mum is "distraught and in pieces" after coming home to find her home had burnt down and her cat had died in a blaze started by their tumble dryer.
Jade Beaumont, 29, had been on a weekend away with her husband Simon, 31, and son Jack, three. The family returned to their home in Wigan after visiting friends on Monday, January 23, but were heartbroken to find that the home they had left in one piece was now just a "shell of a house".
The first thing the mum noticed was that the blinds had melted, with reality setting in as she ventured further into the burnt house. Taking to Facebook to share the news, Jade said: "We have come back to no home, just a shell of the house. Absolutely everything we owned and the home we built is gone.