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Aaron Morris

Scene of devastation as fire sparked by faulty body dryer rips through Whitley Bay home

This is the aftermath of a devastating blaze caused by a faulty body dryer which ripped through a Tyneside home.

Whitley Bay resident Anne-Marie has said she could "easily have died" in a huge fire which has destroyed areas of her family home.

The full length body dryer was purchased as an essential piece of equipment to provide Anne-Marie's husband with more independence, but the 64-year-old was left devastated after the device overheated and set her home on fire.

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