Firies guided to hall by blaze Road fatality Yet more road deaths
NARROMINE 401 Firefighters had a busy weekend, getting an early wake-up call on Sunday (February 20) to the old Girl Guide hall in Meringo Street which, on arrival, they found well alight.
Firefighters from Trangie also arrived on scene, as well as various Rural Fire Service Brigades, Dubbo’s HAZMAT crew, and other emergency and essential services.
There was extensive damage to the hall but, thankfully, no injuries with the building unoccupied at the time of the blaze, although seven people were evacuated from a nearby building as the hall’s roof collapsed.
The fire started about 5am and was fully extinguished by 7am, with crews from six pumpers battled the blaze from all sides while wearing breathing apparatus.
It’s another piece of local history forever lost – the hall was a former World War II building which had been moved into Narromine after the war ended.
Police are investigating the cause of the blaze. At this stage Dubbo Photo News has been told it looks suspicious.
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been killed after the ute he was driving crashed into a tree on the
Benda Bullagreen Road at Collie, about 80km north of Dubbo.
A passing motorist alerted emergency services that a white utility had left the roadway and crashed into a tree at about 12.10pm last Saturday (February 19) and when they arrived they determined the man had died at the scene.
Police established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances of the crash, now they’re appealing for witnesses, including motorists with dash-cam vision, to contact Dubbo Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
IT’S been a pretty awful week or so on our region’s roads, with two truck drivers killed after their road trains collided head-on just outside Brewarrina at a bridge on the Kamilaroi Highway about 7pm last Saturday night (February 19).
Police say the trucks both caught fire and the highway was blocked in both directions for some time.
Officers from Central North Police District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and a report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
Anyone with information or dash-cam vision relevant to this investigation is urged to call Brewarrina Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.