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Car DIY fire leaves home gutted

13/04/2015

A house in Endeavour Hills caught on fire after the nearby garage went up in flames. 137390 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS

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AN ENDEAVOUR Hills house caught fire after a man’s car allegedly went up in flames while he was working on it.
According to police, the owner was in his Gresham Close garage doing maintenance work on his car about 1.55pm on Thursday 2 April when the vehicle caught alight and the fire then quickly spread to the nearby house.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious.
It’s believed the owner was working with electrical equipment before his car caught on fire.
A number of CFA and ambulance units were called to the scene, but no one was injured in the blaze.

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