Meat under the grill started fire that gutted Glenholme, Rotorua home
By Samantha OlleyRotorua Daily Post·
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Save Unattended cooking has been revealed as the cause of a fire that gutted a house in Glenholme, Rotorua last night.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has confirmed the blaze started after meat was left under the grill.
"The person was cooking dinner, got distracted and went away from the kitchen,"
senior station officer Ben Alton said.
Rimu St home gutted by fire the night before. Photo / Ben Fraser"They came back when the smoke alarms went off and the curtains, the stove and some of the walls were on fire."