Former Chelsea man turned hero Graeme Le Saux rescues couple from caravan inferno

This is almost certainly the strangest Graeme Le Saux-related news you'll read to day.

The former Chelsea and England footballer has made the headlines after saving a couple whose camper van went up in flames in Cranleigh, a small town in south east England. A 72-year-old man was taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation from the incident, but his condition was not serious. Le Saux's wifer Mariana described the vehicle as going "to ashes in around 25 minutes".

"We assumed they had broken down. There was an older couple and the wife seemed agitated. My husband said he would go and see if they were alright, as we could see smoke coming from the side door." “He said that the wife was concerned and told her husband to come away. At this point Graeme asked if there was any gas on board, and the husband said yes, as well as petrol. He then said that they had to move straight away, in case the gas exploded, But he [the man] was trying to get his wallet, his wife was going crazy." “We heard mini explosions, which I guess could have been the windows exploding."

Le Saux's son summed up the horror situation perfectly after emergency services arrived at the scene.

"My son said after, ‘just so you know, we are never going on a caravan holiday after this’."

Hat-tip to Get West London