House fire in Glenroi

Published: 15th February 2009

Late this evening firefighters from Orange and the Duty Commander responded to a house on fire in Sir Neville Howes Place, Glenroi. Fire crews were on scene in seven minutes to find the two storey house engulfed in flames. Crews wearing breathing apparatus battled for over an hour to control and extinguish the fire and had to deal with a roof collapse. The house was extensively damaged and the cause of the fire is under investigation.