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He told them: “The miracle is done. Tomorrow is a new day for you all.”

“It was a miracle that no one suffered any major injuries, especially those individuals who were on the emissions collection barge at the time when the containers fell on top of it,” Crecy said.

One of the miracles of the fire is that the cedars did survive, mostly intact except for a few limbs that were broken in the fierce winds.

"I was praying to God, maybe some miracle can happen," said Mr Hasan.

Charlotte Robinson, 29, said the arrival of her son Henry at the ground in Lowestoft, Suffolk, was "the biggest shock of my life" but proof that "miracles do happen".