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Sophie Finnegan

Sunderland care home gutted by devastating fire reopens - and welcomes back some old faces

A care home in Sunderland that was gutted in a devastating fire has reopened after 20 months - and has even welcomed back some old faces.

More than 30 residents of the Croft Care Home, in Sunderland, were evacuated by carers and firefighters in June 2020 after an accidental fire broke out in the roof.

Forty-three firefighters from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service were dispatched to the care home on Ettrick Grove and managed to distinguish the blaze.

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