Heartbroken family left with nothing after horrifying fire destroys their home

29.03.2022 - 16:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A young family have been left with nothing after a horrifying blaze destroyed their entire home.

Josh Catchpole, 24, said that he and his partner Grace, 30, are "devastated" by the loss, that has taken both their home and all of their possessions.

The Bradford couple and their baby son Cory are now living in Josh's stepdad's spare room while they rebuild their life and home of four years, Yorkshire Live writes.

Josh said: "We've lost everything. All we have left is the clothes we had on our back when we ran out.

"It's devastating and felt so hopeless for us. Everyone we know was calling to see if we were okay and all we could feel was numb.

"Cory is really struggling. It was really hard for him, especially the first few days, when he was waking up in a bed and a room that wasn't his own."

On Monday, March 21, Josh and Grace were sitting on the floor in their living room playing with Corey when they heard a bang from the kitchen that sounded "like plates were falling". They ran next door to see what had caused the noise and found a small fire in the corner of the kitchen.

"I turned to get something to try extinguish it but within seconds it had spread to the cabinets and kept going," Josh said.

"We had to grab Cory and get out of the house because it was spreading so fast. By the time we got outside it had blown the kitchen window off and the whole house went up in flames. All we could do was watch."

Josh, who works at a gaming café in Bradford, and Grace called the fire brigade, but the fire spread too quickly to salvage any of their possessions.

It's not known exactly how the fire started and has been put down as an accident - Josh said the best guess they were given was that it was due to a faulty toaster, but they have no way