Widower reveals the only picture of his late wife is tattoo on his arm

Widower whose house went up in flames on hottest day of the year reveals his only remaining picture of his late wife is the tattoo on his arm

• Keith Gant was married to his wife Olwyn for 40 years before she died aged 64 
• A field fire in Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, spread to Mr Gant’s house yesterday
• It left the widower with a tattoo of his late wife the only picture he has of her

A widower whose home burned down yesterday on the hottest day of the year only has revealed the one picture he has left of his late wife is a tattoo of her on his arm.

Keith Gant was married to his wife Olwyn for 40 years before she died aged 64 in 2019 and the couple had lived in their house for three decades.

As the mercury soared to almost 40C in Norfolk a field fire in Ashmanhaugh spread to Mr Gant’s house, as well as the home of his neighbour.

He said there were ‘a lot of memories’ in the home he and his wife shared and he was ‘devastated’ to lose it.

‘My wife and I had a lot of happy days here,’ he told ITV Anglia. ‘Everything is gone.’

This is the only surviving picture Keith Gant has of his late wife after every other photo of her was burnt in their home. Olwyn Gant died aged 64 in 2019

The house they had lived in together for around 30 years burned down yesterday

A field fire spread to two houses in Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, on the hottest day of the year

Mr Gant said there were ‘a lot of memories’ in the home he and his wife shared and he was ‘devastated’ to lose it

Mr Gant had been watching TV with his blinds drawn in a bid to keep the house cool when the fire took hold.

He only realised his home was on fire when his smoke alarm sounded.

‘Smoke was blowing and flames were up the trees,’ he said.

Every photograph of his wife was burned, the windows of his home melted and the roof completely destroyed.

The widower said he was distraught and had lost the place where he made memories with his wife of four decades.

The blaze was one of 280 across the county yesterday as UK temperatures peaked at 40.3C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

Where were properties destroyed by fire yesterday? 

• Wennington (East London) – 19

• Dagenham (East London) – 14

• Chadwell Heath (East London) – 1

• Kenton (North West London) – 2

• Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk) – 5

• Ashmanhaugh (Norfolk) – 2

• Kiveton Park (South Yorkshire) – 3

• Barnsley (South Yorkshire) – 6

• Maltby (South Yorkshire) – 8

• Clayton (South Yorkshire) – 3

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