How you can help a family who have been forced out of their home in a Harborough village by a devastating fire

An urgent fundraising appeal has been launched to help a family forced out of their home in a Harborough village by a devastating fire.

The shell-shocked mum and her three young boys escaped uninjured after the blaze broke out at their house in Husbands Bosworth on Saturday May 23.

The fire started in a garden shed at their semi-detached home in Knights Close at about 5.15pm.

Flames then spread to the property itself, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Firefighters from Market Harborough and Lutterworth using two appliances, two breathing apparatus kits and two hose reels battled the blaze.

The incident caused just five per cent fire damage to the house but a devastating 85 per cent smoke damage, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said.

The cause of the fire is still “unknown” as investigators and a specialist sniffer dog strive to establish how it started.

A campaign to support the distraught family has already raised £1,510 as big-hearted villagers, family, friends and neighbours have quickly rallied round.

If you would like to help the organisers hit their £2,000 target then please visit the go fund me website here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lauren-and-the-boys-x?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=chat&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1