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From www.stuff.co.nz today - so is this ironic ?

Peter

Heater sets fire station ablaze
BY JEAN WHITE - North Shore Times | Thursday, 6 September 2007

Firefighters got a big surprise when the alarm went off at Devonport fire station.

The flames were coming from inside their own building.

The alarm rang out at 10.15pm on August 17 at the station on 23 Lake Rd after a fire began in one of the bedrooms.

A firefighter hung a towel on the back of a chair in front of an electric wall mounted heater. The towel caught fire and then the fire spread to the bedding, curtains and carpet.

Firefighters say no one was in the bedroom at the time of the fire and the door was closed.

The heat from the fire activated the sprinkler system which contained the flames to the bedroom.

The sprinkler system also triggered the alarm which alerted firefighters who quickly put out the fire.

A senior firefighter says it shows complacency can happen even among firefighters, and says the fire has prompted the service to remind the public about the heater-metre rule: Don't place anything combustible within a metre of a heating unit.

He says the fire also shows the value of sprinkler systems.

The placement of fixed heating units in fire stations is now being reviewed.