Residents escaped unhurt following a devastating house fire yesterday evening (June 13).
Firefighters were called to the property in Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint at 6.30pm.
On arrival they found that the blaze had taken over the first floor bedroom.
They spent the next hour and a half tackling the fire, which crew members estimated destroyed a quarter of the property.
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