SAVED: Newly-installed smoke alarms saved a Gonville house in the weekend.
Smoke alarms that saved a house from potentially burning down had only been installed the day before, firefighters say.
Whanganui station officer Bryan Coskerie said firefighters were called out to a Gilmour St house in Gonville on Saturday after the occupant left cooking unattended.
"The smoke alarm had alerted the
neighbour. It was a case of the smoke alarm had given a really good early warning to the fire," he said. "The house was all smoke-logged."
Mr Coskerie said a senior station officer told him the landlord had installed the smoke alarms the day before.
He called it a "good story about the effectiveness of the smoke alarms".
