A fire chief in the Papua New Guinea city of Lae is urging residents to be careful, as the service has no money to refuel two of its fire engines.
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Superintendent Bal Kenna told the newspaper the National that the vehicles had been grounded for two weeks, leaving firefighters handicapped.
It was fortunate they had had no callouts in that time, he said
A request had been submitted to national headquarters and forwarded to the finance department in Port Moresby for the Niugini Oil Company to refuel the trucks, Mr Kenna said.
