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'How did you decide what to take?' - Christchurch couple given just two minutes to flee their home which is now destroyed

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Doug and Vikki Plfaum discovered their home had been burned to rubble by looking through a pair of binoculars.
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Cashmere's Doug and Vikki Pflaum couldn't hold back the tears after losing their family home in the Port Hills fire.
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