Neighbours living on a ‘nightmare’ estate dominated by gangs and anti-social behaviour have described the ‘frightening’ moment when a fire broke out. “Clouds of smoke” covered houses in Top Valley at around 2pm on Friday (July 1).
One concerned neighbour has described “flames higher than my fence” coming from derelict garages in Crampton Road, off Whitcombe Gardens. The elderly woman said she “ran for my life” when the fire broke out.
She added: “I was shaking all day yesterday, I was sick. I was scared for my life. The flames were going up, I was scared that they would come into my garden. You could have seen them, they were higher than the fence.”
