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Woman opens up about bush fire that took her home
Helen Lee talks about the bush fire that destroyed her Coromandel home last summer.
Helen Lee talks about the bush fire that destroyed her Coromandel home last summer.
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Merv Neil says the blast felt like a big kick up the backside. As he struggled to his feet he was engulfed in an orange ball of flame. Shielding himself, he briefly looked up to see an enormous cloud of smoke in the sky.
Flames swept through the house on McKinstry Ave, Mangere, where Cathylyn Palaa lived with her brother and his wife and six children - one of about 3200 house fires every year. The house was destroyed and some of its remains are now mixed in with these words.