Cheshire Fire investigators are now probing the cause of the blaze which ripped through the Beechmere residential complex in Crewe.
Early indications suggest it was not a deliberate act, and the focus will be as much on how the fire spread so quickly and with devastating effect.
A woman and three children had to be rescued after their car became trapped in floods in Audlem.
It happened on Green Lane at around 9pm last night (August 9)
Police and fire chiefs have praised Crewe communities for rallying around after a massive fire ripped through a residential complex in the town.
More than 150 people were evacuated during the incident on Rolls Avenue and fire crews are still on the scene tackling the fire.
Around 150 people were evacuated today after a large blaze ripped through a retirement home in Crewe.
No one is believed to have been hurt in the incident which happened at the residential complex on Rolls Avenue.
Stapeley Grange RSPCA staff are appealing for washing liquid appeal after influx of
oiled birds into the Nantwich centre.
They need the liquid to treat up to 20 geese which were admitted after getting covered in dumped oil in a river canal.
Yobs have again wrecked flower beds in Nantwich town centre, destroying the hard work of Nantwich in Bloom volunteers.
These pictures sent in by readers show one flower bed ripped up near the town square, with plants and flowers strewn across the path.
A Crewe and Nantwich police chief said he has “sympathy” for residents suffering from unauthorised traveller encampments in the towns.
But Chief Inspector Simon Newell added that the police’s hands were largely tied.
A young Nantwich Scout has been hailed a hero after he and a friend saved the life of a fellow teenager during the World Scout Jamboree in America.
Sam Knight, 14, from Nantwich and Tom Forbes, 15, from Northwich leapt into action when they watched another scout suffer a horrific mountain bike accident during the event.
Fire has damaged the Old Glove Factory on Pepper Street in Nantwich.
Fire crews in Nantwich were called out to the scene at around 6.30pm last night (July 28)
Fire crews helped rescue as many as 20 cows which had fallen into a canal at Burland near Nantwich.
They were called out at around 10pm last night (July 26) to the scene off Springe Lane.
Several fire crews battled a large hay shed blaze earlier today at a property in Wettenhall, near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at around 5.50am at an address on Winsford Road, say Cheshire Fire Service.
Ten men from South Cheshire have been given Football Banning Orders (FBOs) after they were involved in disorder at a match between Macclesfield Town and Crewe Alexandra.
Towards the end of the game at the Moss Rose Stadium in Macclesfield both sides scored within a minute of each other.
An angry Nantwich store boss told how a gang of four men stole hundreds of pounds of items and assaulted the 66-year-old owner as he gave chase.
Phil Hinton, manager of Jepsons menswear on Hospital Street, said furious staff chased after the gang who they believe were part of an unauthorised travellers group on Barony Park.
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