Fire breaks out at Echuca dry cleaner on Wednesday night

By McPherson Media Group

Jul 1, 2021

An Echuca dry cleaner is “very lucky” to have escaped extensive damage after a fire broke out on Wednesday night.

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Echuca CFA captain Rob Amos said the brigade got the call-out to Spot On Dry Cleaners on Annesley St at 6.30 pm.

“We don’t exactly know what caused the fire but it started in a washing basket,” he said.

“There was a lot of smoke so there might be some smoke damage but not a lot of physical damage — we managed to put the fire out quickly without putting too much water around the place.

“There was a lot of toxic fumes, particularly upstairs, so we had to ventilate it overnight and then sent a member down in the morning to test the toxic gases to make sure it was all safe.”

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