Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has spoken candidly about the 'traumatic' farm fire that forced his family to leave their home. The actor and his wife Liz were away with their children when a neighbour called to alert them of a blaze at their 120-acre farm in Wincle, Cheshire, near the Staffordshire border.
The fire rendered the property unsafe, and the family had to find temporary accommodation. More than a year later, they have returned to the farm. Appearing on ITV's Lorraine, Kelvin said: 'Life throws curveballs. Looking back it was quite a traumatic time but as ever you try to take out the positives and look forward.'
Kelvin revealed that a major rebuild is about to begin, and he plans to document it on their ITV reality series Fletchers Family Farm. 'We've got a big rebuild about to start but I've been wanting to show that in the show - that the show is our lives, so the good, the bad,' he explained.
Liz let slip that Lorraine will make a surprise appearance on the show. She said: 'You're on the next episode, actually... we film us doing the live VT, so you see the behind the scenes.' Kelvin joked about his mullet hairstyle, calling it a 'midlife crisis' instead of buying a sports car.
