‘Get the kids out of here’: family living in limbo after asbestos nightmare

Angela Thompson
Updated May 20 2017 - 10:04am, first published 8:30am
Justine Upton shares a room in Thirroul with Kirra, Blaze and Ned. Work has kept the children's father, Peter, in Western Australia for most of the eight months since fire destroyed a neighbour's shed (inset). Main picture: Sylvia Liber
Justine Upton shares a room in Thirroul with Kirra, Blaze and Ned. Work has kept the children's father, Peter, in Western Australia for most of the eight months since fire destroyed a neighbour's shed (inset). Main picture: Sylvia Liber

Justine and Peter Upton heard hundreds of explosions the night their neighbour’s backyard shed went up in flames. 

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Angela Thompson

Angela Thompson

Journalist

Proudly Illawarra Mercury since 2008; these days covering crime and justice issues. UOW alum. Thrilled by the chase and sobered by some of the things I see and hear when I stand still - sometimes in the same day. ang.thompson@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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