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Family left devastated by fire say thank you for support

A Powys family that has been ripped apart by a devastating fire has thanked the emergency services and community for their support.

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Emergency services at the scene of the fatal fire

A fire tore through a property in Llangammarch Wells on October 30, and it is believed David Cuthbertson, 68, and five of his children died in the blaze.

Three children, 13, 12, and 10 managed to survive the fire at the remote farmhouse.

Two weeks on and the family have spoken about the tragedy for the first time, and thanked everyone for their support.

A statement said: "As a family, we would like to state how extremely grateful we are for the overwhelming sympathy, kind thoughts, well wishes, and all assistance and support shown to us since this tragedy.

"It is hard to put into words how much it all means to us. The support of friends, the local community and from much further afield is astounding, and we thank you all so very much for all your kindness.

"We would also like to express our sincere gratitude for all the efforts of the emergency services so far.

"We understand that this has been a very difficult and dangerous operation from the outset, but the professionalism, determination and respect shown by all the emergency services has been clear to us.

"Our ordeal continues, but we know that the investigation and operation is continuing, and are reassured that we are the priority of the police.”

Earlier this week police said that they were working their way through the 260 tonnes of rubble by hand to try to find out what happened.

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