Shocking video footage has now been released of a recent fire in Hightown, Castleford.
Fire engines from Castleford, Normanton and Pontefract were called to what they believed to be a small kitchen fire, only to find a string of small fires in a row of six terraced houses in Rhodes Street. Firefighters quickly rescued the occupants of all the houses, including two people from upstairs bedrooms using ladders. Only seconds later an explosion tore through the row of homes.
