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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