Langford home gutted by car fire

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AN elderly couple's Langford home was partially destroyed by a fire that started in a garaged car about 9.30pm last night.

The 68-year-old husband, the only occupant at the time, went back into the blazing Osten Dve house after attempting to put out the fire with a garden hose, neighbour Paul Yokoju, 19, said.

Mr Kokoju followed to get the man out.

``There was smoke everywhere. When I asked him if there was anyone else he said `no','' Mr Yokoju said.

The fire destroyed the garaged small hatchback, the lounge room, a bedroom and the brick and tile bungalow's kitchen

Losses included family items from Cambodia which the couple left before arriving in Australia in the early 1980s, the couple's daughter Latine Leng said

``They've lost a lots of things. Everything in there,'' she said.

Welshpool and Canning Vale firefighters took 15 minutes to extinguish the fire before hosing hot spots.

Canning Vale FESA station officer Syd Davies said the fire was throught to have started in the car.

Damage to the house and car was initially estimated at $150,000.

Family is now housing the couple, it is understood.


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