Tasmanian family of eight loses everything in 'catastrophic' Christmas Day fire in Lower Barrington
A Tasmanian family of eight have lost their house and belongings in a fire that started while they were away for Christmas lunch.
Maeghan Wealands, a relative of the family, set up a fundraising page and said her parents — who live in a granny flat on the property — first spotted the smoke and called triple-0.
Dallas Whelan, whose daughter's house it was, said he was having a rest when his wife woke him and told him about the smoke.
He was "very concerned" and went down with a garden hose.
"I went down with that hose, started to spray water behind the door, until I had a couple of explosions above my head," he said.
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