A sleeping smoker has had a lucky escape after being woken by firefighters putting out a smouldering fire in his Narrabundah home on Saturday.
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A neighbour called emergency services after noticing smoke coming from the ground floor apartment at Gowrie Court around 2.46pm.
Fire crews evacuated five nearby tenants from the three-storey building before forcing their way into the apartment. On entry, firefighters found a sleeping man on a lounge chair with a smouldering fire on the carpet.
Crews quickly extinguished the fire, which was started by a cigarette and caused minimal damage.