The daughter of a woman who lost everything in a house fire in Lancashire three days before Christmas says the reaction from the community has been “amazing”.
Gill Burnside’s house in Burscough caught fire early on Monday morning. Her daughter Jess Burnside was alerted by a neighbour, and said her and her mum had to stand there and watch “the house just burn”. Two of her four cats died in the fire.
Gill only had contents insurance and no buildings insurance – and the family said the loss adjustors estimated the damage to the property to be in excess of £80,000.
But Jess said neighbours had sent “hundred of messages and comments offering help, from furniture, food, bedding, clothes and shoes”.