A pair of young brothers are being praised today, after raising the alarm to save their home and prevent a house fire in Muswellbrook on Wednesday evening.
Around 6:30pm, a clothes dryer caught alight in the laundry of the Jeans Street home.
Smoke alarms sounded but the 29-year-old father couldn't hear them, because he was playing video games and had earphones in.
Two boys, aged four and nine, managed to alert their parents.
The family escaped outside, while the father managed to open the laundry door and kick the burning dryer outside.
The father was treated for smoke inhalation, while the children were treated for minor exposure to smoke.
Fire crews ventilated the home and extinguished the dryer.
