Emergency services respond to fire at Sturt St unit complex

Emergency services have been called to a fire at a CBD unit complex, evacuating people from their homes just after 1am.

Fire investigators at the aftermath of a suspicious blaze at a Sturt St unit. Photos: Lucy Rutherford

A CBD unit complex has gone up in flames, with emergency services acting quickly to keep the damage to just one single unit as people were evacuated from the surrounding homes.

Police and MFS were called to Sturt St at 1am this morning after reports of a fire – the cause of which is still yet to be determined.

Police remain on the scene but have confirmed that nobody was injured. Fire techs will attend the property later on Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or free call 1800 333 000.

Georgina Graham – Archery – A South Australian archery champion shooting for the World Cup is pleading to heartless thieves to return her stolen equipment. One of the customised bows is irreplaceable Picture: Facebook

Heartless thieves steal custom equipment from archery champion

National archery champion Georgina Graham, 22, faces a nervous wait after her custom tailored archery equipment was stolen just a month out from her second national competition of the year.

Georgina Graham’s custom-made archery bows and equipment have been stolen from her car that was parked outside her Kurralta Park home. Picture: Facebook

Thieves broke into Graham’s car outside her Kurralta Park home on Monday morning stealing a bag containing her compound bows and equipment.

“The window was all smashed in and I just found it like this, there’s a massive whole in it and glass everywhere,” she told 7News

“It’s my whole life.

“I’m training 20-plus hours a week.

“My second national competition of the year is next month … I’ve just been left to start from scratch.”

Graham said the equipment was worth nothing to the thieves but meant everything to her.

“It’s 10 years worth of equipment that I’ve built up,” she said.

EXCLUSIVE: A South Australian archery champion shooting for the World Cup is pleading to heartless thieves to return her stolen equipment. One of the customised bows is irreplaceable. @pcaldicott7#7NEWSpic.twitter.com/K8giEGjZU5

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“I lost sentimental items as well. One of the bows that was in the case I won my first Australian Open with and they don’t make that colour anymore either.”

The former Seymour College student who is a multiple state and national archery champion has pleaded with thieves to return the items.

Originally published as Emergency services respond to fire at Sturt St unit complex