FORMER Coronation Street and Red Dwarf star Craig Charles has revealed he is "lucky to be alive" after a fire ripped through his home.
The actor, 57, shared his ordeal with listeners while presenting the Craig Charles early afternoon playlist on his BBC 6 Music show.
He said on New Year's Eve: "Last night or early this morning my life got saved by a smoke alarm. "In fact, my whole family’s life got saved by a smoke alarm, so be careful with your candles. "In my dream someone had left the fridge door open and when the fridge door is open for too long it starts beeping and that’s why I was kicking off in my dream. "Then I heard one of my daughters shouting ‘Dad, Dad, the smoke alarm is going off’.
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