A caravan has gone up in flames and been completely destroyed … just hours after excited new owners had taken possession of the vehicle.
The heartbreaking drama played out on Monday evening in Innisfail, far north Queensland, when the caravan was bought and then moved to its new home.
Police say the van caught fire and was destroyed soon after midnight. A police spokesman told the Brisbane Courier-Mail that the fire wasn’t being treated as suspicious and was thought to have started when a burning candle was left unattended in the caravan.
Police apparently noticed the blaze as they patrolled the area and quickly notified the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. However, by the time they reached the scene, the caravan … and its new owners’ short-term travelling dreams … had gone up in smoke.
There is no word yet on what exciting plans the devastated owners had for their new van, but every grey nomad will no doubt be able to sympathise with them.
