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Residents whose homes were caught at the heart of a blaze at the weekend have praised the emergency services who battled the flames. A terrace of four thatched cottages at The Barracks in Bransbury, near Andover, caught alight on March 7. Hundreds of firefighters were present at the fire’s peak, with one of the cottages saved after hours of work by the emergency services. Abi Bettle-Shaffer, a resident of the saved cottage, said that the fire service had been “incredible.” “They’ve been phenomenal,” she said. “Everyone’s safe, and they managed to get as much sentimental stuff as they could out of the building.”