by Tom Walsh
A caravan fire in Sprowston managed to smash the back windows of a family home, despite the best efforts of a brave teenager.
Speaking to EDP24, 16-year-old Forrest Brown explained that the tourer caught fire from a nearby conifer which had also gone up in smoke.
The teenager attempted to douse the flames with a bucket of water but failed to do so as the fire spread on to the caravan. The blaze was so fierce that it even managed to smash the windows of the family home.
Mr Brown told the news provider: “As soon as mum saw the fire she took the children to dad’s house nearby. We were worried it was going to spread to the main part of the house.”
Fire crews from both Carrow and Wroxham attended the incident at around 9pm on Monday 16 December in Varvel Avenue, off Falcon Road West.
The result saw the family’s £500 caravan, complete with £2,000 worth of belongings, completely ruined while there was also considerable damage to the back of the home.
