Fifty-plus minutes, a house on fire and a whole lot of smoke from the City
13 February 2020 - 08:00
By Alex Patrick
Image: Alex Patrick The house next door as we waited for help to arrive.
Our neighbours’ house burned down last week.
A lightning rod and brick chimney still stand defiant above a white garden wall, the remnants of what I imagine was a happy family home. But the thatch roof and everything that was beneath it is ash.
Things would have been very different if a fire engine had arrived on time.
