A YOUNG family were today left homeless after fire ripped through their flat.

Disaster struck after a kitchen blaze in their top floor apartment in Tenny House, Curzon Drive, Grays.

The family, consisting of a couple in their 20s and their two-week-old baby, were all in the home when the fire raged just before 7pm on Friday.

Mother and child escaped unhurt, but the father suffered minor burns.

Full Story in Monday's Echo.