Fire Restorations
Once the fire has taken hold around the chimney, the thatch burns quickly from the top and underside and is unstoppable.
The timbers of the roof are consumed and the whole roof collapses inside the property where it scars the interior until the fire brigade drench the interior with water.
Damage to the property occurs not only from the fire but from the water used to quell the fire and heat.
Such fires can occur in listed or heritage timber frame buildings where centuries old oak framing can disappear in a night leaving only fragments of the history remaining.