rire severely uamageu a house at 7 Cross Street, Phillipstown, yesterday morning. The occupants fled in night attire, and neighbours and passers-by helped carry their possessions to safety. Two of the occupants, Wendy Simpson (left) and Karen Aston, are shown at the house after the fire. Two fire engines answered the fire call, received at 10.40 a.m. Firemen used breathing
apparatus to enter me smoke-filled house. The damage, although severe, was confined mainly' to one room. An electrical fault is the suspected cause of the blaze. The Christchurch C. 1.8. was called in to investigate a small fire in a shed at 65 Madras Street about 1.50 p.m. yesterday. The fire caused minor damage only, but was “highly suspicious,” said a Fire Service spokesman.
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