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Writer Will Self is lucky to be alive after the roof of his £1 million house collapsed while he was inside with his children.
The Journalist and author led his two sons to safety after the roof came down on his and four of his neighbours' homes in Stockwell, south London, last night.
The freak incident is being blamed on yesterday's sudden heatwave, when temperatures leaped almost 10 degrees in less than 24 hours.

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