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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.
Residents in Wennington, east London, say they took shelter in St Mary and St Peter's Church as the advancing inferno tore through the village.
Residents of Wennington, east London - a village devastated by wildfire during Tuesday's record-breaking heatwave - have today made an emotional return to their homes.
Two rows of terraced houses, four other homes, 12 stables and five cars were destroyed by the inferno in Wennington, east of London.
As many as 63 homes were gutted across the UK yesterday, with 41 in London alone - including 19 homes in the village of Wennington, and 14 homes and 25 vehicles in a blaze in Dagenham.