A “devastated” family of four from Feltham are suffering sleepless nights after a huge fire tore through their home on Sunday June 3rd and destroyed everything they own.
Jawaad Salam and his wife Rabia fled from their house with their two children, aged 11 and 14, when a huge fire broke out at around 4.30pm.
The fire spread through the semi-detached home “within five minutes”, destroying everything from clothes to children's football trophies and years of treasured family photos.
Mr Salam, who did not sleep for two days after the fire, suffers from kidney failure and was put on the transplant list because his kidneys are currently functioning at around 5%.
The 47-year-old says the fire has not helped his condition and that the family are now “really struggling”.
Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers were called to the house in Westbourne Road at around 4.30pm and took nearly three hours to bring the fire under control.
Although the cause of the fire is still under investigation, it is believed to have caused by the electrical unit, a spokesman for London Fire Brigade said.
The family were put up in a B&B and a hotel by the council and their landlord as they wait to see if insurers will cover the cost of their destroyed family home.
