10 September 2010

Fire in Downer

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This in from the ESA:

7:35am Friday 10 September 2010 – Working smoke alarm leads to quick escape A woman has had a lucky escape from a house fire in Canberra’s south this morning.

The woman was woken by a working smoke alarm just after 2 o’clock and safely escaped her home in Bonython Street at Downer and called emergency triple zero.

The ACT Fire Brigade responded with three fire pumpers with crews quickly extinguishing a small fire in the laundry of the property.

Only minor smoke logging was caused.

Fire investigators have determined the fire started in a dryer.

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….Working smoke alarm leads to quick escape…

… The woman was woken by a working smoke alarm…

Okay, okay! We get your message.
I’ll go change the batteries in those darn things this weekend.

Tooks said :

Downer is in Canberra’s south?

No but Bonython is. She’s lucky ESA didn’t dispatch a fire brigade unit from Greenway station…

“The woman was woken by a working smoke alarm just after 2 o’clock “

Who uses the dryer at 2am? maybe she was having an afternoon nap.

Holden Caulfield11:00 am 10 Sep 10

dtc said :

essfer said :

Clean your lint filters people. Whether that was the cause of this or not, clogged filters in dryers cause fires – plain and simple.

Or use a clothes line.

Even better, with the recent weather you don’t need a rinse cycle either.

Holden Caulfield10:33 am 10 Sep 10

What’s the go, is it Fire Week in Canberra or something?

essfer said :

Clean your lint filters people. Whether that was the cause of this or not, clogged filters in dryers cause fires – plain and simple.

Or use a clothes line.

Downer is in Canberra’s south?

Clean your lint filters people. Whether that was the cause of this or not, clogged filters in dryers cause fires – plain and simple.

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