Mother and son "lucky to be alive" following Peacehaven house fire

Jason said: “We are lucky to be alive, but we have nothing left. Our house now looks like the Upside Down world in Stranger Things."

A mother and her son have ‘nothing left’ after their Peacehaven home was destroyed in a fire last week.

Rosemary Moffett, 75, and her son Jason Moffett, 42, were asleep on Wednesday (July 6) morning in their 2-bed bungalow on Piddinghoe Avenue, when a fire that had emanated from a microwave, started to spread through the kitchen and living room.

Jason said: “It was about 3:30am and my mother has no sense of smell, and she woke up thinking she was blind because she couldn't see anything because of the black smoke.

“The alarm for some reason didn't work, so my mum started screaming about the fire.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to Rosemary and Jason’s property, just after 4am.

“We both woke up and must have crossed paths in the hallway, because we couldn't see each other.

“So I’ve run to one room and she has run to another, and I've gone to the guest room at the front of the house and screamed fire to get the neighbour’s attention.”

After Jason managed to escape the property, he realised his mum had not yet escaped the building.