A disabled mother was forced to ditch her wheelchair and crawl to safety after her home caught fire.

Juliette Campbell, who was home alone at the time, abandoned her chair and crawled out of her house in Bromley, southeast London, as flames engulfed it.

The fire, believed to have been started by a lighter, has left the mother and her two children homeless.

However, the family are hoping to move into a rental property soon as they look to rebuild their lives.

Ms Campbell is reliant on her wheelchair - which perished in the blaze - and her daughter as a main caregiver, as she lives with a functional neurological disorder.

But when her home caught fire earlier this month, her survival instincts kicked in.

"I had to abandon my wheelchair and just crawl," Ms Campbell said."

"Once I got over the threshold, I was screaming for help."

"Thankfully, people passing by came to help."

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was first alerted to the fire at around 12:30pm on June 6, when four fire engines and around 25 firefighters from Bromley, Lee Green, and Lewisham stations were scrambled to the scene.

Firefighters managed to get the blaze under control by 1:48pm, but not before it had destroyed the ground floor of the home and severely damaged the first floor.

Ms Campbell was home alone when the fire broke out, and initially thought the blaring fire alarms going off were caused by burning incense sticks.

But soon after she saw flames spreading through the property and made her desperate escape.

The family is currently staying at a Travelodge, with plans to move into a rental property soon whilst their home undergoes repairs - though Ms Campbell also faces the daunting task of replacing all her properties.

But she praised her local community's supportive response, with a friend of her daughter having set up a GoFundMe page for the family and with offers of assistance pouring in.

"I am grateful to some kind strangers who helped me, as well as my daughter," Ms Campbell said. "

"My daughter is my caregiver, and she continued to provide the same care for me at the hotel."

Ms Campbell also heaped praise on LFB firefighters who used oxygen equipment to save the family's cat, Sage, from the blaze.

"I've managed to hold it together so far," she said. "

"The kindness of strangers has been amazing. "

People have been incredibly generous, and that's kept me going."

The fire is believed to have been accidental and caused by a lighter possibly left too close to combustible items.

Station Commander Daniel Capon, who was at the scene, said: "Crews did a great job in challenging conditions to tackle this house fire and then were able to focus on Sage, the 18-month-old cat they had rescued."

"The crews were quick to get to work and ultimately saved the cat's life."