7NEWS: Milestones Early Learning Kalamunda: Children evacuated after fire takes hold at Perth daycare
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kids evacuated from childcare centre after fire takes hold.There were 15 children inside the centre at the time, and they were safely evacuated by staff to a local primary school next door.
“With police assistance, those children have now been reunited with their parents,” SES spokesperson Chris Hudson said from the scene.A staff member was treated by paramedics before being taken to Midland Hospital with smoke inhalation. She is expected to be OK, with authorities saying it was done more as a precaution than because of a major health concern.
Hudson said the facility’s alarm system ensured authorities were alerted quickly, and praised the work of staff to ensure children were removed from any danger.All children have been safely reunited with their parents and guardians.“Their first priority was to evacuate the children. They did that and did a very good job doing that,” Hudson said.Early estimates have put the damage bill at about $200,000.
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