Snowman burns woman's house down

Snowman burns woman's house down

A snowman burnt a woman's house down.

''We are lucky but I would hate to think what would have happened if I had fallen asleep.''

Hillary Russell's home in Letterkenny, County Donegal in Ireland, was almost burned to the ground after her light-up Christmas snowman burst into flames.

She said: ''There's a lot of smoke damage and the place is destroyed but the main thing is that nobody was hurt ... It looks like it was the snowman decoration which started the fire and I would ask people to make sure all their Christmas decorations are working properly.

Mrs. Russell admits she usually falls asleep watching TV in another room but insists she was kept awake by the feeling something was wrong before the incident took place.

She added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''We are lucky but I would hate to think what would have happened if I had fallen asleep.''