{"id":739750,"date":"2026-08-16T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739750\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:12:11","slug":"people-who-fled-stourbridge-fires-start-to-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739750\/","title":{"rendered":"People who fled Stourbridge fires start to return home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fundraiser created by Dudley Council to help residents “rebuild their lives” has surpassed \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n

Another by the Heart of England Community Foundation to help families impacted by fires across the West Midlands has hit \u00a350,000.<\/p>\n

Stourbridge MP Cat Eccles urged anyone who needed additional support to reach out for help.<\/p>\n

“I’m on hand to support however I can, the Town Hall remains open for food, clothes, pet supplies, phone chargers, general inquiries,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Counselling is available and being offered by several local professionals free of charge for adults and children.”<\/p>\n

The Stourbridge and District branch of the RSPCA has also shared posters, external<\/a> about several cats who have gone missing from the area since the fire.<\/p>\n

In Stoke-on-Trent, four homes were completely destroyed by a fire that started in a park in Sandyford and 13 other homes suffered structural, roof and window damage.<\/p>\n

Marie Leese told how her treasured garden went up in flames after fire ripped through properties in Maureen Avenue.<\/p>\n

When she was allowed to return home, she discovered she had also lost the summer house her husband built before he died three years ago. <\/p>\n

Police have arrested a man and woman on suspicion of arson in connection with the Stoke-on-Trent fire. <\/p>\n

Investigators are still working on what caused the blaze in Stourbridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fundraiser created by Dudley Council to help residents “rebuild their lives” has surpassed \u00a325,000. Another by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-739750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}