Robin and Loxie Williams person lived astatine the four-bedroom house, connected Ounty John Lane, successful Stourbridge, for 26 years.
They had been retired with friends past Thursday but erstwhile they returned location their roadworthy had been unopen by firefighters.
Now, their remaining posessions see a teacup, immoderate paperwork and a fewer items of burnt covering near from a heap of ironing successful the kitchen.
Surveying the wreckage of their home, they told the BBC that connected their instrumentality that Thursday evening they were forced to ticker their neighbourhood going up successful flames connected TV.
"Somebody sent america a clip, which we couldn't believe," said Loxie, 78. "When you saw those flames coming retired of the apical you conscionable couldn't judge it."
Nineteen properties crossed 5 streets were afloat destroyed successful the fires, which broke retired successful Stourbridge and aggregate different areas crossed the West Midlands, connected the hottest time of the twelvemonth truthful far.
Another 18 successful the municipality were damaged.
Loxie said virtually each their possessions person been mislaid and they recognize it volition instrumentality much than 2 years to rebuild their home.
"I got up aboriginal that greeting due to the fact that we were going retired and I knew it was going to beryllium hot," she explained.
"I did the ironing earlier I went and there's a upland of [burnt] clothes."
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