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This is the moment a family home in Chalfont St Giles was destroyed after a lightning bolt struck the house, causing a fire to rip through the roof.

More than 20 firefighters raced to the house in The Brow in the early hours of Friday morning after panicked 999 calls were made by the family, who managed to get out safely.

John England, who owns the house, spoke about the moment he heard an explosion as the lighting struck, saying it "sounded like a bomb going off" while he was checking on his eight-year-old granddaughter.

He said it would take at least a year to repair the extensive damage caused.

Flash flooding caused traffic chaos around south Bucks on Friday morning, with drivers reporting delays of more than an hour to get through town, after storms battered the county overnight.