‘I’m devastated’: Woman’s parents lose home just hours after finishing renovation in West Midlands fire

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Jessica Rowely told the BBC that her parents had just finished renovating their house on Gorleston Road in Warstock, where they had been living for 38 years.She said that they had just had a wetroom installed “because they knew they were getting older”. The renovation had been completed just four hours before the blaze broke out.“They pulled in friends to come and help get it done because we're not wealthy people. They're just hardworking, normal people, as is everybody on that road. I'm devastated,” she said.West Midlands Fire Service has said 19 houses have been "fully destroyed", with an additional 19 suffering extensive fire damage.

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00:00my dad recently retired nine weeks ago after 50 years of working hard and raising us all

00:07they just spent money to get a wet room put in because they knew they were getting older and

00:15they may not be able to cope with getting in and out of a bath so they just spent some

00:20money to try

00:21and get a shower put in it was finished that day it was finished four hours before it happened

00:27they pulled in friends to come and help get it done because we're not wealthy people we're not

00:33you know they're just hard working normal people as is everybody on that road i'm devastated

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