by Tom Walsh
A couple in Lanarkshire have had a lucky escape after their caravan burst into flames while they were watching Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final.
The incident took place at a Dumfries and Galloway holiday park in Southerness on Sunday afternoon (7 July) as Eddie and Helen Hepburn enjoyed the showpiece tennis event.
Mr and Mrs Hepburn, both aged 74, had to make a quick escape after they heard a “terrible, terrible noise”.
Scottish Fire and Rescue crews were called to the scene shortly after the fire broke out at 5pm, the couple believe that the fire was started by a boiler but an investigation is still ongoing.
“We’ll have to go back now but everyone has been so kind and the site manageress offered us a caravan for a week free but we’ve got nothing left – no money, no clothes, just nothing, so we’ll have to go back home,” Mrs Hepburn said.
Southerness holiday park is run by Parkdean Holidays and sits on the English-Scottish border.
