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Monstrous crane crashes<br />
into Wellington house<br />
Wellington students got the fright, and narrow escape,<br />
of their lives when a massive crane toppled down a<br />
bank and crashed into their house.<br />
Blue watch Karori 261 and City 217 were not prepared<br />
for what confronted them on arrival. Karori senior<br />
fi refi ghter Alan Megennis says the 25 tonne crane was not<br />
quite the “small” machine they had expected. “It was a<br />
monstrosity.”<br />
The crane had been on the bank above the back of the<br />
house removing a big tree by sections, when the weight<br />
and angle of the tree dragged the machine over and down.<br />
The driver was thrown out as tree and crane<br />
smashed into the house,<br />
taking out a concrete<br />
retaining wall on the way.<br />
There were no injuries.<br />
Alan says the students in<br />
the house had a lucky<br />
escape, because had the<br />
tree and/or crane crashed<br />
into the house in slightly<br />
different positions, the<br />
kitchen and back door<br />
would have been demolished.<br />
As it was the empty basement<br />
took the brunt of the impact.<br />
Quad bike destroys house<br />
A quad bike caused this fi re which<br />
destroyed a home in Rotorua.<br />
All the contents were destroyed<br />
after the bike, which was in<br />
a a shed, caught fi re. The fi re<br />
spread to the house. Four crews<br />
from Rotorua and Ngongotaha<br />
attended.<br />
Incidents<br />
Photos senior fi refi ghter Alan Megennis.<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> Magazine May/June 2005<br />
Photo courtesy Daily Post<br />
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