It started in a property's ground floor and "spread quickly" to the roof, the fire service says. Twenty years after devastating floods, villagers fear being cut off in any future emergencies.

Twenty years ago this week, flash floods devastated the north coast of Cornwall – sweeping through the villages of Boscastle and Crackington ... broken through their roof. We started moving ...

More than 70 firefighters were called to fight a fire in a home in Boscastle on Saturday ... in the ground floor and "spread quickly" to the roof. They said crews from Bodmin, Bude, Delabole ...