Aftermath footage shows houses decimated by fire in Barnsley, UK on the hottest day on record.

Four homes were destroyed after the fire spread rapidly and tore through properties in Woodland Drive in Barnsley, South Yorks., within minutes.

Another house nearby was badly damaged while gardens have been damaged by the inferno.

It is believed the fire started when children living at one of the pre-fab houses started a fire between the garden shed and the boundary fence just after 3.30pm on Tuesday.

Heroic neighbours fought the flames with a hosepipe and rescued residents as they waited for the fire brigade to arrive as crews were tied up elsewhere. CCTV footage shows smoke emerging from the scene before flames quickly take hold and the inferno spreads.

Dramatically, the fire spreads and the camera cuts off as the UPVC conservatory frame the camera is sat on melts under the intense heat.

Married father-of-one Carl Fox, whose CCTV captured the beginning of the blaze, said he was 'five or ten minutes' from losing his house.

Carl, who was at work at the time, said his house was saved because heroic neighours had removed a fence panel to get access to his garden to help dampen the fire.

He said: "The first thing I knew about it was when of the neighbours rang my video door bell.

"I rushed home from work and some neighbours had lifted a fence panel out to get them out of the houses and start getting a hosepipe on the fire.

"That stopped it spreading and saved our house because left a six foot gap between wooden fence panels that it had taken hold of.

"Luckily we went for concrete posts when we had the fence panels put in."

Carl's garden was ravaged by the fire but his house was spared.

<p>This is the dramatic moment a suspected barbecue or garden fire lit on the hottest day on record in the UK spread before engulfing and destroying nearby houses.<br></p><p>Four homes were destroyed after the fire spread rapidly and tore through properties in Woodland Drive in Barnsley, South Yorks., within minutes.</p><p>Another house nearby was badly damaged while gardens have been damaged by the inferno.</p><p>It is believed the fire started when children living at one of the pre-fab houses started a fire between the garden shed and the boundary fence just after 3.30pm on Tuesday.</p><p>Heroic neighbours fought the flames with a hosepipe and rescued residents as they waited for the fire brigade to arrive as crews were tied up elsewhere.</p><p>CCTV footage shows smoke emerging from the scene before flames quickly take hold and the inferno spreads.</p><p>A man in the house can be seen trying to fight back the flames with a hosepipe or bucket.</p><p>Later, a woman from the house can be seen frantically pacing the street as she appears to shout for help.</p><p>Dramatically, the fire spreads and the camera cuts off as the UPVC conservatory frame the camera is sat on melts under the intense heat.</p><p>Married father-of-one Carl Fox, whose CCTV captured the beginning of the blaze, said he was 'five or ten minutes' from losing his house.</p>

<p>This is the dramatic moment a suspected barbecue or garden fire lit on the hottest day on record in the UK spread before engulfing and destroying nearby houses.<br></p><p>Four homes were destroyed after the fire spread rapidly and tore through properties in Woodland Drive in Barnsley, South Yorks., within minutes.</p><p>Another house nearby was badly damaged while gardens have been damaged by the inferno.</p><p>It is believed the fire started when children living at one of the pre-fab houses started a fire between the garden shed and the boundary fence just after 3.30pm on Tuesday.</p><p>Heroic neighbours fought the flames with a hosepipe and rescued residents as they waited for the fire brigade to arrive as crews were tied up elsewhere.</p><p>CCTV footage shows smoke emerging from the scene before flames quickly take hold and the inferno spreads.</p><p>A man in the house can be seen trying to fight back the flames with a hosepipe or bucket.</p><p>Later, a woman from the house can be seen frantically pacing the street as she appears to shout for help.</p><p>Dramatically, the fire spreads and the camera cuts off as the UPVC conservatory frame the camera is sat on melts under the intense heat.</p><p>Married father-of-one Carl Fox, whose CCTV captured the beginning of the blaze, said he was 'five or ten minutes' from losing his house.<br></p>

<p>A woman fled her burning home in scorched Wennington with just her photo album, a cat and her dead father's ashes, it emerged today.</p><p>Two of her cats are still missing following the massive fire which she said might have started in a compost bin next door to her.</p><p>The story emerged as a friend, who would not give his name, returned to the village to look for her cats.</p><p>He said he was looking after two people who had lost their homes.</p><p>He said: "I just came down to look for the cats of two friends who are staying at mine in Upminster.</p><p>"I heard the scrapyard was looking after pets but I haven’t seen the cats and the police aren't letting anyone through.</p><p>"The fire, it was next door to their house, and she seems to think it came from a compost bin. She said it enveloped the treeline.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"It scratched her hand it was so frightening.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"They are more concerned about the cats than the rest of it. They're in shock but there are little bits coming back to them.</p><p>"She lost her father last year and she picked up her photo albums on the way out and his ashes.</p><p>"Otherwise it's all gone, everything. They've got two vehicles and they are not even letting them go in to get them, a van on The Green and a Porsche outside someone's house.</p><p>"At least if they get them they are mobile."</p>

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