MORE than £30,000 ­damage was caused in an arson incident involving a suspected 'cannabis factory' in Newton Abbot.

Some 20 firefighters tackled the suspicious blaze at the terraced property in Garston Avenue, Abbotsbury, after the alarm was raised just before 7pm on Tuesday.

Neighbours fled their properties amid fears the flames would spread to their l From page 1

homes.

Among them was 32-year-old mum Gemma Shaw who was about to cook some pancakes for Shrove Tuesday when someone knocked on her door and told her to get out.

She said: 'I just literally wrapped the baby in a blanket, stood out the front and saw all the smoke and flames billowing out of the roof.