Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Whanganui team is urging people to change the batteries in their smoke alarms this weekend after a Gonville household had a lucky escape from a fire.
The electrical fire, which started in a bedroom of the Gonville Ave house on Thursday evening, was extinguished by the owner before the fire crew arrived.
"It was minor and not enough to trigger the smoke alarm but they were lucky to have caught it and got everyone out of the house," Whanganui station officer Bryan Coskerie said.
"It's a timely reminder to make sure you have working smoke alarms and to change the batteries this weekend when daylight saving starts."
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