NSW: Residents evacuated from unit block after car fires

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2008
NSW: Residents evacuated from unit block after car fires

Residents of a Sydney unit block have been evacuated after two cars in the parking
area below it erupted in flames and melted sewage pipes.

Firefighters were called to a unit block on Robert Street in Penrith just after 4.30
this morning (AEDT).

Around 40 residents of the eight-unit block were evacuated as smoke rose up the stairwells
.. but no one was injured.

There was no damage to the unit block but the car park underneath has suffered some damage.

The cause of the fire isn't known.

AAP RTV cjb/wjf/crh

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