An elderly couple have been killed in a house fire in Carlton near Stockton-on-Tees, emergency workers have said.
The man and woman, understood to be 90 and 88-years-old respectively, died when the fire ripped through a property on Thorpe Road. The road was closed off and an investigation is under way.
The woman is said to have been bed-bound but the man, who virtually acted as her carer, was quite active. They were well-known in the village and the man was often seen by locals on his bicycle.
The house faces The Smiths Arms pub. The landlord, Mike Davis, told Sky News he was woken up at about 5 o'clock this morning by "huge numbers" of fire engines, police and noise and smoke from the blaze.
He added: "Because it's a small village it was something that was extremely powerful. I never realised at that time that two elderly people perished.
" ... This is a really tight-knit community ... it's a lovely village with great people, they are extremely close to each other. These two people will be a loss."
The fire caused the guttering on the house to melt Cleveland Fire Service group manager Steve Walton described it as "a very severe fire".
"There has been significant damage to the property," he said, adding that the damage was particularly bad in the top right hand side of the house, where they believe the fire may have started.
Fire engines from Stockton, Thornaby and Middlesbrough stations attended the scene with 20 firefighters in total. Some 12 crew members went inside the house to tackle the blaze and retrieve the couple from an upstairs room.
It is thought one of the pair may initially have been alive but was unable to be resuscitated by ambulance crews. Results of their post-mortems are not yet known.
The fire brigade is conducting a joint investigation with the police into the fire.
But the blaze was so severe that the authorities have not yet been able to go back into the building because of concerns over its structural stability.
Further damage from the fire The fire was reported to police just after 5am and fire crews did not leave the scene until about 8.45am.
Cleveland Police said their investigation was in its very early stages but at the moment officers do not believe the fire was started under suspicious circumstances.
Pensioner Joan Richardson, who lives near the property, said the community would pull together.
She said: "Everybody is quite shocked.
"You don't expect this in a small rural village. It is a very friendly village, everybody speaks to everybody, it is a good community.
"Everbody will pull together whatever the circumstances.
"People are very caring, it's a very good young community, there is a good cross section.
"I am amazed I didn't hear it it."
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