A Wimborne man whose bungalow's been almost completely destroyed has spoken of how he went back in to save his Jack Russell dog.

Builder Martin Blunden first led his eighty-two year old mum to safety, before venturing back in for Sparkey on Saturday night.

Dorset Fire and Rescue say they always recommend the motto 'get out, stay out', and have also confirmed the cause of the blaze was an electrical fault in the roofspace.