A trip to donate to the Salvation Army took a fiery turn when a Bethlehem couple after they received a frantic phone call from a neighbour informing them that their house was on fire.
The couple, who look after foster children, came home this morning to their two-story rented house on Bellfield Place completely gutted in the upstairs living area.
The guttering was warped from the heat and the upstairs windows were broken or cracked.
The couple's son Nick Harrison was with his parents at the scene.
"They're just in shock. The lounge and living area and the bedroom upstairs is bad," he said.