Garage fire at Doonside flat block slows traffic
Fire officials used an axe to gain access through the closed door
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A fire in a garage at a Doonside block of flats yesterday afternoon saw traffic back up along Rockview Road.
At about 3.30pm fire department and paramedics responded to a block of flats, where the motor of an automated garage door had burst into flames, filling the garage with smoke.
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Fire officials used an axe to gain access through the closed door, but found the fire had extinguished itself due to a lack of oxygen.
The garage was fortunately vacant at the time of the incident.
Southbound traffic along Rockview Road slowed to a crawl as a result.
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