Woman fled burning house with just dead dad's ashes, a cat and photo album

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burning home with just her photo album, a cat and her dead father's ashes, it emerged today.Two of her cats are still missing following the massive fire in scorched Wennington, Essex which she said might have started in a compost bin next door to her.The heatwave blaze which has destroyed homes in an east London village has been described as a “worst nightmare” event.

The story emerged as a friend, who would not give his name, returned to the village to look for her cats.READ MORE: Mum begged for police protection days before she was 'burned to death by ex'He said he was looking after two people who had lost their homes.He said: "I just came down to look for the cats of two friends who are staying at mine in Upminster."I heard the scrapyard was looking after pets but I haven’t seen the cats and the police aren't letting anyone through."The friend said that the woman seems to think the fire came from a compost bin.

She said it enveloped the treeline, according to the pal."She tried to get her cats out, one jumped out of her hand, the other she got in a box and the other ran off.

It scratched her hand it was so frightened," he continued. For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here."She was evacuated to the Windmill pub but luckily I'm local so I phoned them up when I heard and they came to stay with me in Upminster."They are more concerned about the cats than the rest of it.