A mum-of-two spoke of the horrifying moment she was told her house was on fire as she thanks the community for their overwhelming support. Chloe Bowley had been spending the day celebrating her 29th birthday and was picking up her youngest son from nursey before heading for a family meal when she received the heart-stopping phone call on October 9.
An accidental electrical fire had ignited in her kitchen and had quickly started to spread through the Dormanstown home. It was 14-year-old 'hero' neighbour Max Tighe who raised the alarm and firefighters were quickly at the scene.
Flames tore through the kitchen and Chloe says almost everything has been damaged by fire or smoke. The mum, who works as a therapy assistant at The Bridge Care Centre, said: "I had left the house and went to pick