Fire Destroys Garage
(N.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN, July 15. A service station and several cars were destroyed at Ocean View this morning in a fierce fire punctuated by exploding oil drums and sheets of flames from ignited gases. Two fuel pumps were engulfed by the flames and others were threatened. One oil drum which exploded landed in a creek about 50ft away and a gas explosion partly destroyed one of the pumps. The garage was owned by Mr P. Bell.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31113, 16 July 1966, Page 3
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