Unattended cooking sparks house fire in TemukaDOUG FIELD/STUFF One of the two adjoined flats was left uninhabitable after a fire on Sunday. A flat has been left "uninhabitable" and a neighbouring building severely smoke damaged after unattended cooking sparked a house fire in Temuka on Sunday. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said a crew from Temuka was called to a house fire on Whitcombe St at 3.57pm. DOUG FIELD/STUFF Fire crews from Temuka, Geraldine, Washdyke and Timaru attended the fire in Temuka on Sunday. Temuka chief fire officer Richard Webb said unattended cooking was responsible for the fire, which left one flat uninhabitable and its neighbouring flat severely smoke damaged.

Source: Stuff August 06, 2017 05:15 UTC