DAMAGE costing "thousands of pounds" has been caused to a bungalow in Rosyth after this week's floods.

A foot of water flooded Annette Young's home when Brankholm Burn, which lies behind Park Road, burst its banks.

Neighbour David Hamilton and his wife had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped by several feet of water on their street.

The Press met Park Road residents on Thursday to witness the damage caused by the torrential rain.

Water levels had receded overnight but a pungent smell was left causing concern for locals about sanitation.

Mrs Young, of 3 Park Road, said: "I arrived at home at about 3pm and the water was already quite a way up.

"There must be thousands of pounds of damage.

"I've just got a brand new sofa, new carpet, a new kitchen and it's all ruined.

"We weren't allowed to go in but you can see on the walls where it must have come to.

"I think the water must have come up from underneath too."

Items were scattered across Annette's property and a car left by her son was still flooded.

Most of her floors were still wet and her carpets were sodden.

Rosyth was last plagued with flooding in March last year when Park Road Primary School pupils were evacuated.

The incident sparked a backlash from the community and a public meeting was held with Scottish Water, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Fife Council.

The community urged the authorities to come up with a solution.

Mrs Young added: "We've never seen or heard anything from the council just to see if we are OK.

"A lady from Scottish Water is the only person we've seen who said they would send some people to lift up my floors to sanitise.

"They really need to build a wall at the back of homes – you can see there used to be one there but it's come down.

"For the amount of money they've spent on emergency services they could have built a wall right along."

This is the fifth time that neighbour David Hamilton has seen the area flooded in the four years he has lived there.

He said: "We had to abandon ship and go and stay with my daughter last night.

"You know this happened a year ago and it's just the same.

"Everyone just passes the buck when you speak to them.

"We are exhausted with it all and we're really worried about the foundations of the house.

"I think they need to make the burn bigger and also the tunnels further up it because there's obviously nowhere for the water to go when it floods.

"You can't but help but think what the disease risk is too with sewage floating about."