Glen Aplin resident taken to Stanthorpe Hospital after heater catches fire
Multiple emergency services were called to the home just outside of Stanthorpe on Wednesday evening.
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A resident has been taken to Stanthorpe Hospital overnight after a Kerosene heater in their house caught alight.
Multiple emergency service crews were called to the scene on Cavallaro Lane, Glen Aplin at 7.24pm on Wednesday.
A patient was taken to Stanthorpe Hospital in a stable condition as a precaution.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said the fire was ignited from the home’s Kerosene heater.
“Two crews attended … (but) it was out pretty quickly,” she said.
Police said the fire is not being treated as suspicious.
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