A woman and her dog are lucky to be alive after a Colebrook house became engulfed in flames in the dead of night.
Firefighters were called to the remote property at 1:50 am on Monday to find the traditional 1900s house, made mostly of wood and corrugated iron, burning to the ground. A parked Citroen car alongside the building was also destroyed.
The 53-year-old woman was asleep at the time but awoke to the smoke detector going off. Luckily, she and her dog escaped without physical injuries.