NSW: 40 people evacuated as fire destroys five cars

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2006
NSW: 40 people evacuated as fire destroys five cars

Forty people have been evacuated from their homes and five cars have been destroyed
in a car park fire at a townhouse complex in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

The NSW Fire Brigade says it received a call about heavy smoke in Oberon Street at
South Coogee at 2 o'clock (AEST) this morning with investigations discovering it was coming
from a property in nearby Brook Street.

20 fire fighters were called in to fight the blaze in the basement level car park of
the town house complex while all 40 residents of the building had to be evacuated.

It took crews over an hour to extinguish the fire that destroyed five cars and damaged
five others.

A mechanical ventilator also had to be used to clear the smoke out of the homes before
people were able to return about 4am (AEST).

No one was injured in the fire and investigations into the cause of the blaze are continuing.

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KEYWORD: EVACUATED (SYDNEY)

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