Ms Delosh-Bacher described fire exploding behind a nearby Starbucks and police rushing down the road shouting to stuck motorists: "Run for your lives!"

“Thank you to the voters for voting for me, even though I would vote for Kathy Bates any day,” Sawai said, shouting out her fellow nominee, who was nominated for “Matlock.”

"I'm very happy!" he shouted through excited laughter, concluding his acceptance speech.

Laura, 37, said her family, from Kennington, Oxfordshire, were having breakfast and preparing to go to school on 11 December when at her husband Toby shouted that the house was on fire.

"I want us to get out of the cycle where it is basically us just shouting at operators," she added.