Devastated mum and kids 'left with just clothes on backs' after blaze guts flat

A devastated mum and her children have only got the "clothes on their backs” left after their home went up in flames - when she popped out to do the school run.

Katie-Anne Hone, 26, came home last Friday (October 18) to discover that her beloved flat in Orpington, southeast London, had been gutted by a blaze.

Firefighters said due to the risk of asbestos none of their belongings could be recovered so Kate - along with her three young children Lilly, three, Isabelle, five, and baby Archie - lost everything they owned.

Videos from the incident show the fallen ceiling, and the walls and furniture completely coated in black.