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Pictured: Straw that was removed from the roof of the cottage.<br />
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Three heroic teenagers helped save the lives of an elderly couple after noticing a fire in the thatched roof of their £1m picture-postcard cottage.<br />
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The trio were walking past the country home in the village of Holt, near Wimborne, Dorset, when they spotted the smoke and flames<br />
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After getting no answer by banging on the door, Tom Humphrey, Nat Harper and Ollie Strudwick broke in and found the owners sitting in the downstairs lounge oblivious to the fire.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: MaxWillcock/BNPS

Pictured: Straw that was removed from the roof of the cottage.

Three heroic teenagers helped save the lives of an elderly couple after noticing a fire in the thatched roof of their £1m picture-postcard cottage.

The trio were walking past the country home in the village of Holt, near Wimborne, Dorset, when they spotted the smoke and flames

After getting no answer by banging on the door, Tom Humphrey, Nat Harper and Ollie Strudwick broke in and found the owners sitting in the downstairs lounge oblivious to the fire.