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Emily Kendall smelled smoke and went outside, to find it was “raining ash”. “I noticed the smell was becoming really strong, so I went to the window to look outside and all I could see was dark smoke,” she said. Kendall’s driveway, garden, car and the exterior of her home were covered in ash. “A lot of us went outside to see what was going on, and it was raining ash. “There were cindered pieces of ash and some white little furry things. I didn’t realise as it was happening, but it was flakes of asbestos.”