Morning fire tears through two homes in Stevenson Road

People living in Stevenson Road saw a slew of emergency services descend upon the area at 8.50am following reports of a blaze which gutted a roof of one of the homes.

Andy Wood, who lives next door to one of the affected houses, was alerted when "thick black smoke" filled the air.

The fire spread across two homes in Stevenson Road (Image: Newsquest)

Mr Wood, who's lived in Stevenson Road for 11 years, said: "I had my back door open and could smell something about eight o'clock.

"My first thought someone had a bonfire or something going but then it smelt electrical.

"My nephew then came running down the stairs and said next door was on fire.

"I went outside and it had gone up so quickly and it's ruined the roof.

"It was absolutely horrendous and everywhere was black.

"If it had been inside the house to begin with the whole house would have gone down because the flames were that bad and there was so much thick black smoke.

Fire and Rescue was called at 8.50am on Friday to reports of the blaze (Image: Newsquest)

"People have been saying it could be seen from Cadge Road which is almost a mile away.

"I'm not sure where it started by the main flames were going up the wall of my neighbours and torching their roof.

"Thankfully everybody managed to get out safely.

A roof on one of the affected homes was gutted because of the fire (Image: Newsquest)

"I've now had my gas and electric shut off and they'll need to see if it's affected my house."

David Kevins, who lives nearby, added: "The fire started in one of the gardens and just spread across both houses.

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"Everyone is alright but some people are shaken up after what happened.

Andy Wood lives next door to one of the houses affected by the fire and said it was horrendous (Image: Newsquest)

"It's horrible because they're both really nice families who live in those houses.

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"I noticed the flames and smoke about 8.30am and it went on for a little while but thankfully fire and rescue got it under control."

Crews from Wroxham, Earlham, Dereham and Hethersett attended - with police also called to assist.

Hose reel jets and main jets were used to extinguish the fire and a stop message was received at 10am.

Crews from Wroxham, Earlham, Dereham and Hethersett attended (Image: Newsquest)