Two sisters and seven children had a lucky escape after their rental home accidentally caught fire in Coonamble on Thursday 12 June.
One of the sisters said an off-duty police officer noticed smoke coming from the house on Arthur Street at around 5pm and called out from the front gate since there were dogs on the premises.
“I was cooking and I had my daughter in the shower. I knew nothing,” the woman said.
“She said ‘do you have a fire at the back?’ and I said ‘no.’ She said ‘I think . . .
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