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Claire Taylor, 40, said all her and her family had time to rescue was her grandfather s ashes, some photographs and a small amount of clothes as the fire tore towards their home in Wennington, east London.
Firefighters have warned the British public to expect more heatwaves every three years as they said the destruction of homes on Tuesday should be a wake-up call .