'We were lucky to get out alive'

From: Gloucestershire Echo, The | Date: June 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Residents say they're lucky to be alive after arsonists set fire to wheelie bins outside their block of flats.

The fire was one of four started deliberately in Cheltenham early yesterday morning.

The worst hit was a block of flats at De Ferrieres Walk in Hester's Way. Dozens of residents had to be evacuated at 12.40am in their night clothes to escape the flames and billowing smoke.

Police say the fire was started in some wheelie bins outside the communal entrance where it ...

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