A pensioner has died after a fire broke out in the house where he was born.
Les Robinson, of Woodhall Road, Darfield, died on Tuesday after firefighters from Cudworth, Barnsley and Tankersley were called to his home at 4.40pm. He is believed to be in his 60s.
By the time firefighters arrived, the ground floor was well alight. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels to extinguish the blaze but by this time the fire had visibly consumed the interior of the house.
Les was the only person in the property at the time but had only recently returned from hospital after being treated for cancer, according to neigbour and friend Sam Vamplew, 73, of Schofield Place.
He said he was also the last remaining member of his family and had been born in the house. A full investgation into the fire is being conducted today.
More in Friday's Wombwell edition.
