Family lucky to escape Elanora house fire

Fire fighters say a car caught fire in the driveway of the Currant Street home just before 9am (AEST) and within minutes the house was ablaze, as flames up to six metres high engulfed the two-storey home.

Neighbour Grant Lazzaro helped rescue a grandmother and baby from the back of the house while the baby’s mother escaped through the front.

“I just saw lots of smoke and then heard the lady scream up the driveway. I went in the back of the house and they (the women’s baby daughter and mother-in-law) were out the back. The Police came up, we got the baby out over the back fence,” says Grant.

The woman’s brother Darren Walker says the family of seven moved in just three days ago.

“It’s just heartbreaking, they’ve lost everything, and they’ve been doing it hard,” he says.

The house was destroyed in the blaze and Fire fighters say it’s one of the most intense fires they have fought.

Paramedics treated several people for smoke inhalation, but no one was seriously injured

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