January 1, 2018
Ambulance paramedics treated a man for smoke inhalation after a home was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Urban and rural firefighters were called to the blaze, in Parker Road, Ellesmere, at 1:40am.
The single-storey timber building was already fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.
The flames were extinguished by 3;30am but firefighters remained on the scene until about 5:00am.
The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen.
