A young Filipino mother is in shock after a fire ripped through her family’s home in Queenstown, destroying all their belongings. She believes a malfunctioning oven - which she complained about many times - caused the blaze. Even if it’s on low temperature, it’s really hot and even if I turned it off for 30 minutes, it’s still hot. The property manager sent someone to fix the oven, Ms Gabriel said. "Just today, I used the oven - I usually just use the stove, so I didn’t really notice if it’s really fixed or what."

Source: Otago Daily Times December 30, 2021 20:04 UTC