A family fled their home in the middle of the night after a devastating fire destroyed their back garden and killed their pet guinea pig.
Laura McLaughlin woke up at 2am to see her garden engulfed in flames during the terrifying incident, and gathered her children before the fire could spread to the house.
The entire decking area was incinerated within minutes, including an inflatable hot tub, Chronicle Live reports. "I woke up, heard the fire raging and an explosion, and when I looked outside the whole place was just in flames, the mum-of-two said. "It was a huge shock. "It set fire to our fence, the wheelie bin, burnt the guinea pig cage and burnt the hot tub." Crews from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service put out the
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