Tyne Tees Tyne And Wear Fire And Rescue

Pictures taken by the fire service show the extent of the serious blaze which took hold late on Sunday.

Police were alerted to a fire inside a property on Chatsworth Court shortly after 4am on Thursday 11 July.

Frankie, a seven-year-old Belgian Malinois, was just ten months old when she joined Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service but is now ready for retirement.