A couple who died in a house fire in the early hours of Sunday morning were "two of the best", residents of their village have said. The husband and wife - who are well known locally but not yet officially identified by the police - were killed in a fire which tore through their house in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire.
The small close-knit community have been left "rocked to the core" by news that the couple couldn’t be saved but have taken great comfort in the way people rallied together to do their utmost. Witnesses have said it took fire crews 10 hours to get the blaze under control and 11 homes had to be evacuated due to a gas leak.
When police called Tracy Knight, manager of The White Hart Community Pub, just after 1.30am to see if she could take the evacuees, she barely hesitated and immediately opened her doors. It was thanks to her efforts that one particularly elderly resident was found a safe space for the rest of the night and following day before being delivered home late on Sunday evening.
