Fire crews respond to blazes at Urrbrae high school, Munno Para and Peterborough
It’s been a busy 36 hours for fire crews, who have responded to a blaze at a high school in the southeastern suburbs, two major house fires and a bushfire.
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Fire crews have prevented a blaze in the Urrbrae Agricultural High School cafeteria building from spreading throughout the school.
A Metropolitan Fire Service crew responding to an alarm at Urrbrae Agricultural High School on Fullarton Rd about 9.30pm on Tuesday night found smoke issuing from the cafeteria building.
A burnt-out motor in the airconditioning unit on the roof of the cafeteria building had caught alight, but the firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze and prevent it spreading throughout the school.
There have also been two major house fires since Monday night.
A home caught fire on Collins St, Peterborough, in the state’s Mid North.
Fire cause investigators attended the scene and declared the fire as suspicious with a damage bill estimated at $150,000.
The Monday night fire came just days after the almost 125-year-old Federal Hotel in the township went up in flames on Friday.
The hotel was valued at $1.6m but there is currently no estimate of the damage bill.
In Adelaide’s northern suburbs, a family escaped their burning home on Monday night.
CFS and MFS crews were called to Tatura Rd at Munno Para West around 11.40pm on Monday after reports of an explosion.
Upon arrival, crews found a duplex building engulfed in flames.
Residents were evacuated and treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and a family dog was also rescued from the burning building.
The blaze spread to a neighbouring property causing minor damage, and road closures were in place on Tatura Rd.
Fire Cause investigators attended the scene and the damage bill has been estimated at $200,000.
Meanwhile, a cool change after Tuesday’s scorcher enabled CFS crews to gain the upper hand over a bushfire burning at Mount Wedge on the western side of Eyre Peninsula.
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