House Fire - Tweed West
Published: 07 Jun 2020 01:54pm
This afternoon just before 2:00pm Tweed Heads Firefighters were called to a 'House Fire' at West Tweed.
On arrival 468 Alpha reported that there was a house well alight & were getting hose lines to work to attack the fire.
Shortly after Firefighters arrived on 468 Bravo, 468 Hazmat, 514 Banora Point & 347 Kingscliff & they were tasked to protect the exposures (houses on either side) & take another hose line to the rear of the property to attack the fire.
Crews knocked the fire down and then completed a secondary search for occupants, no one was found. They then commenced salvage, ventilation & overhaul.
Crews were in attendance for approximately 2 hours.
Also attending were Tweed Heads Police, Tweed Paramedics & Essential Energy.
Updated: 25 Oct 2022 05:30pm
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