It s freakish : Spontaneous combustion fires on the rise
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Potentially devastating and lethal cases of spontaneous combustion are an increasingly common cause of fires.
The freakish fires can erupt when something as ordinary as the household washing and drying goes awry.
In Matakana, the Sawmill Brewery co-owner Mike Sutherland has experienced the horror first-hand.
Matakana s Sawmill Brewery and Smoko Room, since rebuilt and reopened, was badly damaged by fire last year. Spontaneous ignition caused the blaze. Photo / Supplied
His brewery and its attached restaurant known as the Smoko Room has reopened, but it took months of rebuilding after the inferno on October 7, 2019.