“I know that many are still struggling to comprehend the scale of damage and personal loss,” Tuhill added.
“I’m also acutely aware that this information will not bring those back homes, livelihoods or cherished memories.
He added he was proud of the fire service response, plus that of colleagues in the police, ambulance and local farming community.
“The response to this incident showed the very best of Stourbridge and the wider West Midlands.”
Several other fires were reported in the West Midlands on the same day as a total of 54 patients were treated by paramedics and 19 were taken to hospital.
Other incidents saw about a dozen homes lost in Birmingham, four in Stoke-on-Trent, three in Pershore, Worcestershire and three in Willenhall, near Wolverhampton.
The causes of most are still under investigation, although it was confirmed a barbecue started the one in Stoke on Trent.
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