Sky News host Paul Murray has spoken to Aged Care Nurse and mother Rebekah Ward about a tragedy that saw Ms Ward and her family lose their home to a fire caused by the mice plague afflicting regional New South Wales.
The fire was caused by faulty wiring in the home caused by the multitude of mice - residing in the roof of the property - chewing through them.
"We didn't save anything," Ms Ward said.
Ms Ward said thankfully her kids were outside when the fire occurred and they would be starting counselling next week as a result of the ordeal.
"No child should have to watch their possessions burn," she said.
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Locals tried to save the property, but it was too late. The mice had done their damage. I m not sure how many mice were coming out, but yeah, apparently there was a fair few. Ward said the family had been living in a mouse nightmare for weeks. They crawl over the kids at night. They are in our shoes, they are on our benches, they are everywhere, she said.
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A mouse plague in western NSW is decimating crops, destroying livelihoods and leaving some businesses at breaking point. They eat the food. We ve had to put the food into a toolbox. They come through the lounge. They will bite you on the back. They are a nightmare.
Updated: 12:49 ET, May 26 2021
A FAMILY’S home burnt to the ground after rampaging rodents chomped through wiring in Australia’s doomsday-like mouse plague.
Rebekah Ward, a mum-of-three, said the stomach-churning infestation resulted in “mice jumping from the roof” to flee the flames.
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People tried to battle the flames after mice ate the home s wiring in NSWCredit: Channel 9 News
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The rodent plague is out-of-control in Australia, where it s destroying property and livelihoodsCredit: Facebook / NSW Farmers
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Rebekah Ward was lucky that her kids were safe, but they are now all homelessCredit: Channel 9 News
The nightmare was sparked on Friday, when Ward received a call to tell her the living room was on fire at her home near Narrabri, New South Wales.
A family s home has become the latest casualty in the horror mice plague gripping New South Wales after the rodents chewed through wiring and sparked a massive fire that burned the house to ashes.
The Ward family found their home in Gwabegar, near Narrabri in north eastern New South Wales ablaze on Friday, May 21.
Mother-of-three Rebekah Ward said the mice had gone into the roof of the house and sparked the fire, which they desperately battled to put out.
A family home in Gwabegar in NSW was set alight after rodents chew through wiring in the roof (pictured)
The Ward family (pictured) found mice flying off their roof on Friday, May 21 as home was ablaze
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