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Family escapes devastating fire at Pickering St home, pet turtle rescued

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A family living in a house in Pickering Street in Kaiti feel they are lucky to all be alive after fire swept quickly through their home.

Fire and Emergency NZ sent three appliances to the property at around 11.15am yesterday.

“The house was well involved when the first crew got there,” said Senior Station Officer Ed Hindmarsh.

“The family inside were alerted by smoke alarms and saw smoke ...


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