Firefighters outside the Kialla house.
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Rechelle Zammit
Update: 1.01pm
A Fire Rescue Victoria spokesperson has given some more details about at fire at a house in Kialla on Tuesday, June 30.
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Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) firefighters were called to an incident on Vickers St, Kialla at 11.52am after a caller to 000 reported seeing smoke coming from the roof of a building.
A firefighter at the scene.
“Firefighters arrived on scene to find smoke issuing from the roof of a single-storey brick veneer property,” the FRV spokesperson said.
A firefighter has a closer look as smoke comes out of the roof of the house.
Fire crews quickly isolated power from the fascia at the property.
Crews then investigated the roof space to locate the source of the fire, before the scene was deemed under control at 12.04pm.
Firefighters check out the roof where the smoke was seen coming from.
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Rechelle Zammit
A police officer at the scene said it appeared the fire had started in wiring in the roof of the house.
He said the main part of the house was not damaged much, but there was a hole in the wall where firefighters had to access the roof cavity.
Firefighters inside the house were wearing breathing apparatus, and two plastic bags of what appeared to be insulation were brought out of the house and put on the front lawn.
FRV firefighters at the scene.
Photo by
Rechelle Zammit
Powercor was on scene and cut the power to the house.
The FRV spokesperson said a gas company had also been requested to attend.
Firefighters were called to the fire in the roof of a house in Vickers St, Kialla, on Tuesday, June 30.
Photo by
Rechelle Zammit
Earlier, 12.10pm
Firefighters are attending a house fire in Kialla.
Two Fire Rescue Victoria trucks and firefighters are at the scene on Vickers St.
Firefighters have confirmed the fire is contained in the roof of the house.
A firefighter is doused by a colleague after the fire.
Photo by
Rechelle Zammit
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