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A family has spoken of their heartbreak after sun rays shining through a Nutella jar containing loom bands sparked a severe fire, gutting their home and killing their pet dog.

Declan Murphy, his wife Lindsay and their two children were all out celebrating their anniversary at the time of the blaze.

The jar was on the windowsill of his daughter’s south London bedroom when the blaze broke out. Firefighters believe low winter sunlight was refracted by the container. It is thought the rays were magnified and beamed onto blinds, causing them to catch fire and damage the room and roof. The family’s nine year-old Jack Russell Chili was trapped inside the house at the time of the fire. He died from smoke inhalation.

Anchor Moy wrote: ... containing loom bands