A family in Peterborough returned home from a day out to find their neighbour’s faulty lawnmower had started a huge fire, destroying their caravan and a motorbike parked in the drive
After putting his lawnmower back in the shed for last time before winter, a Peterborough man watched in horror as the shed burst into flames.
Chris Underwood, 52, could do nothing to stop the fire as it tore through the wooden shed before destroying next door’s caravan and motorbike and melting the paint on their Vauxhall Zafira.
The Saunders family, who live next to Mr Underwood, returned from a day out to find the devastation that the faulty lawnmower had reaped on their driveway.
The caravan’s owner, 49-year-old Shaun Saunders, said: “We are all in a state of shock, but it was just one of those freak accidents.
“Our neighbour is very apologetic but it’s one of those things, there’s nothing we can do.”
Ted Young, site inspector at the Caravan Storage Site Owners’ Association (CaSSOA) said that it is important that caravan owners have adequate insurance all year round to guarantee that they don’t have to foot the bill when accidents like this happen.
The Saunders are expecting to receive an insurance pay-out for everything except their caravan, Newstoday.co.uk reported.
