内容摘要：Mrs Prigent said: "Some nights he had nightmares - we'd be in bed and I'd be woken up with 'Achtung, Achtung, Achtung!' [attention], and he'd be standing next to the bed, talking, you know, to a German who wasn't there."

Mrs Prigent said: "Some nights he had nightmares - we'd be in bed and I'd be woken up with 'Achtung, Achtung, Achtung!' [attention], and he'd be standing next to the bed, talking, you know, to a German who wasn't there."

The fire broke out on Saturday 23 November.Tricia had been in bed unaware that the fire had caught hold of her home when the alarm was raised by a neighbour who had seen the flames.

The woman, who lives across the street, rushed over in her dressing gown and banged on the door to get Tricia's attention."When I opened the door she was shouting: 'Come out, come out'," said Tricia."She only had slippers on and it was snowy and icy.

"I didn't know what was happening and then I was running across the street in my pyjamas in my bare feet through the snow."Then I stood in her kitchen with the shock and the terror of seeing my house burn. I was bawling my eyes out."

Tricia described her neighbour as a hero.

She thinks the fire could have been caused by an electrical fault in her kitchen as that's where her neighbour saw the flames.before they travel on several key routes.

It said reduced train services are running from Newbury station, which was closed by flooding on Monday, but some platforms remain shut.The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said flood alerts were in place in the county and motorists should avoid driving through flood water.

The Met Office said it will conduct a full assessment of Storm Bert but that it was "well forecast" in advance with a number of warnings issued.A man whose property flooded for the second time in months in Didcot