Brigade saves house
The Ohakune Volunteer Fire Brigade arrived in the nick of time to save a house in Railway Row from complete destruction that was consumed by fire in the early hours of Sunday morning. Both brigade appliances attended the blaze at 12.25am, which was centred in the lounge of the family home. Firemen used breathing apparatus because of the
copious amounts of smoke. Four hose reels were used in the fight to extinguish the fire and firemen left the scene at 3am. The lounge was completely gutted and the kitchen suffered major heat damage. The rest of the building suffered smoke damage. Chief fire officer Max Martin said the brigade arrived just in time - the house would have been totally gutted within minutes, he said.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 19, 6 October 1987, Page 1
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