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Young artists quench church fire

Madeleine Davies

by Madeleine Davies

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 @ 11:21

THE quick-witted actions of two young artists sketching in the Suffolk countryside have saved a church from fire.

William Bacon and George Farrow-Hawkins were drawing in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Westhall, on Tuesday of last week, when they noticed smoke emerging from the church. While Mr Farrow-Hawkins ran to alert the emergency services, Mr Bacon used a watering can to put out the blaze.

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