Four rescued from Manly unit block fire as smoke trapped residents

Firefighters rescued four people from a five-level block of units in Manly this morning after reports of smoke billowing out from the ground-floor unit. Firies credit the working smoke alarms for saving lives. This morning at 7.45am, Fire and Rescue NSW received multiple Triple Zero calls reporting a fire at the public housing apartments in Manly, on the corner of Cove Avenue and Stuart Street. Six trucks and the on-duty inspector were on the scene within six minutes of the Triple Zero calls. They found large volumes of smoke coming out of a ground-floor unit. The smoke was so thick that it impacted the fire evacuation stairs and trapped four residents on the floors above. Firefighters protected them inside their units as they fought to extinguish the...

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