"The fire severely damaged the property and it was only the efforts and hard work of firefighters that prevented the fire from spreading to neighbouring properties, " added the fire service spokesperson.
In their latest bulletin, Tasmanian police said that searches of fire-hit properties were continuing.
In short, fewer fire sale foreclosed properties on the market will narrow the price differential between those and new homes, which will increase the relative attractiveness of new homes, thus stimulating construction activity.
Meanwhile, international private equity groups have been picking up distressed Irish loans and properties at fire sale prices.
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Of the five, none is particularly cheap, though Buffett has a reputation for buying great companies at reasonable prices, not for picking up distressed properties at fire sale prices.
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service said properties had been flooded in Dunblane and Callander.
New rules from 2006 meant all councils were required to carry out fire risk assessments on their properties.
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Mid and West Wales Fire Service said about 60 properties in Solva were threatened by a burst river.
He said it could mark the start of a so-called fire sale by Nama of properties it holds in NI.
Among the areas badly hit by flooding was Solva in Pembrokeshire, where the fire service said about 60 properties were either flooded or threatened by a burst river.
Area Commander George McGrandles praised the firefighters, saying their actions prevented the fire from spreading and damaging adjoining properties.
However, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said no other properties were affected.
Seven oxygen cylinders being stored in the loft of a house caused the fire which quickly spread to three other properties in the terraced row.
In Northern California, a fire that has blackened 11 square miles of wilderness in Tehama County was a threat to a pair of commercial properties near the community of Butte Meadows, according to Cal Fire.
Mobile Fire Chief Steve Dean told AL.com he was confident the fire wouldn't spread to nearby industrial properties, including the shipyard where the Carnival cruise ship is docked.
Some of these properties, like wood that can resist fire, already exist.
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At the height of the fire, crews from 10 fire engines and an aerial ladder platform tackled the fire, with warnings given about smoke affecting neighbouring properties.
For a long time, City agencies had no way to hone in on the properties that posed the greatest risk of fire where residents could be hurt or killed.
The fire and rescue service earlier reported three mid-terrace properties "well alight", as it made efforts to stop the flames spreading to adjoining properties.
Some owners of evacuated houses kept watch of their properties a few blocks away, wondering whether the fire would reach their homes.
Mr Sanders commended the government for the work it had done to increase awareness of fire safety, but said guidelines around smoke alarms in rented properties were "somewhat lacking".
The fire, which began Thursday morning, damaged 15 homes, 15 outbuildings and five commercial properties, but none were destroyed and no one had been injured, authorities said.
Fire crews helped prevent water damaging the substation on Boxing Day which supplies about 40, 000 properties in Reading and south Oxfordshire.
Some properties had up to 3ft (0.9m) of flood water in them, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said.
Four fire crews have been there overnight trying to hold back the flames - which were at one point threatening to engulf properties.
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