'I have to start again' — Fire guts home Kerry grandfather had spent decades building

The Good Friday blaze comes not long after the father-of-five had recovered from a serious accident that involved a fall from his roof

(Left to right) Pieter Bot's daughter Wendy Donnelly, granddaughter Lily-Mae Donnelly, daughter Lonneke Bot, Pieter Bot and daughter Linde Bot Hutchinson at the site of the home he lost in a blaze in Behihane, Castlecove. Picture: Michael Donnelly

A Kerry grandfather has described seeing the home he spent decades building destroyed in 10 minutes by a devastating fire.

Pieter Bot's home and workshop, which he constructed with his own hands, have now been reduced to cinders following the Good Friday blaze.