Chris Baynes

Another retirement village fire

May 24 2016 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

Winter is coming ad with it the increase in village fires. An elderly female resident narrowly escaped a large blaze in her home at Tea Tree Gardens village in South Australia.

Time to check fire precautions again.

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