Couple’s home destroyed in Sedlescombe fire

A couple from Sedlescombe have ‘lost everything’ after a fire ripped through their flat just days after Christmas.

By Stephen Wynn-Davies

Published 4th Jan 2021, 12:45 BST

Updated 5th Jan 2021, 09:24 BST

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Pete March, 50, was woken by his fire alarm at about 12am on Wednesday (December 30) and noticed flames coming from an oven he had installed two weeks previous.

After attempting to put out the fire with a tea towel, Pete said he realised the flames were too large and decided it was safest to escape.

He woke his wife Sharon, 49, and together they left their ground floor flat in East View Terrace with her their two guinea pigs.