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Radio Surrey,4 mins

"The smoke was so thick we could barely see the driveway"

James Cannon

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Sue Small left her family home in Elstead on Sunday as the Hankley Common fire blazed around her. She told James about the moment they decided it was time to leave. "It was just huge, it was a roaring raging monster". Surrey Fire and Rescue have called in a helicopter to dampen down.

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