AN eight-year-old girl who wanted to make herself chips while alone at home, nearly set her house alight on Tuesday afternoon.
It is believed the girl forgot about the pot of oil on the stove and went to play outside in the backyard of her home close to the central business district. The oil caught fire.
The owner of SSS Security, Rory Smart, who was first on the scene, said: “We were notified by an unknown person who picked up a friend in the same street about the fire. The person saw smoke bellowing from the kitchen window and alerted SSS Security immediately.”
The fire had already been put out before the girl was found outside.
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