It started on Sunday night at midnight in a shack about 1½ kms around the beach from us. The owner, who lives in Queensland but was here for a holiday, awoke to a houseful of smoke and managed to get out a window before everything burst into flames.
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| photo by Justin Dennert on Friends of Cape Douglas Facebook |
There were three fire engines, a water tanker, two police cars and an ambulance in attendance and we slept through the lot.
Next day I read about it on Facebook and went along for a look.
Next day I read about it on Facebook and went along for a look.
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| The site looks miserable in the light of day |
It cost $9000 and three men working in biohazard suits for half a day to have suspected asbestos removed
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| 3 weeks later and asbestos clean-up is underway |
It cost $9000 and three men working in biohazard suits for half a day to have suspected asbestos removed
