Help for family after house fire

Samantha Bramwell says she can not thank people enough

Hundreds of people have come to the aid of a family of six who lost almost all their possessions in a house fire.

John and Samantha Bramwell have been inundated with donations after a relative rang BBC Radio Nottingham to ask for help.

Their house in the Ravensdale area of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was gutted by a fire on Sunday morning.

Fire crews say it started in one of the bedrooms, but are now treating it as suspicious.

The amount of help that's actually been coming in has been phenomenal Harry Hall, grandfather

Samantha Bramwell said: "It was terrifying, we just wanted to get the kids out. I went into shock.

"It was my husband who did it all, he got the kids out, got the animals out."

All the family's furniture was ruined, and most of the four children's toys were destroyed.

Mrs Bramwell's father Harry Hall rang BBC Radio Nottingham - and was stunned by the response.

"The amount of help that's actually been coming in has been phenomenal." he said.

Donations include toys, clothes and furniture.

Mrs Bramwell added: "I can't thank everybody enough for what they've done. It's amazing."

The family have been offered a temporary council house, and it will be some time before they can move back home.