Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators have determined a tobacco pipe sparked a fire at a Seven Hills home last night, which injured a man and a pregnant woman.
The blaze broke out at the back of a Seven Hills Road home around 10:30pm on Tuesday, September 19.
The occupants – a pregnant 30-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man – were asleep and only alerted to the danger when their dog began barking.
They escaped moments before the timber property was destroyed by flames, fueled by materials including a barbecue gas cylinder.
FRNSW deployed 24 firefighters and six fire trucks, with the fire taking an hour of intense attack to bring under control.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the occupants for burns and smoke inhalation before transporting them to hospital for further treatment.
The cause of the fire has since been identified as an unattended ‘hookah’, a water pipe with a flexible tube that is used for smoking tobacco.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.