Mum runs for her life seconds before wildfire engulfs family’s ‘forever home’

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 15, 2026 2:19pm Updated August 15, 2026 2:19pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A mum had just seconds to flee the Stourbridge wildfire before it swallowed her family’s ‘forever home’. Terrifying doorbell footage shows Rose-Anne Vinten running through her garden, followed closely by flames from the inferno which completely destroyed 19 homes on Thursday. Rose-Anne and husband Richard only moved in five months before their home was gutted. Speaking to ITV News, the mum-of-two said: ‘It was really scary to be honest, it felt like I was in a movie. ‘I was really scared but I knew at the same time I needed to be brave for my kids, because my daughter was really w