UPDATE 2.15pm
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A SMOKE alarm has been credited with averting tragedy during a house fire at Knowsley in the early hours of Friday morning.
Two adults and two children were alerted to the blaze by the alarm and were able to escape before emergency services arrived.
“Smoke alarms save lives – and this morning is a great example of this,” CFA District 2 operations officer Andy Waterson said.
The house was destroyed, but firefighters were able to save a granny flat at the property.
The cause of the fire is not considered suspicious.
EARLIER
TWO adults and two children have escaped uninjured from a serious house fire at Knowsley, between Bendigo and Heathcote.
Emergency services were called to attend the fire on Moorabbee Road about 1.20am Friday and found the house fully alight.
It took them an hour to bring the blaze under control.
Fire investigators were looking into the cause of the fire on Friday morning.
Paramedics attended, but no one required treatment.
Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
