Yellingbo CFA turned out to assist as a house in Healesville went up in flames around 3pm on Thursday 30 May.
Six CFA units, Healesville, Yarra Glen, Coldstream, Badger Creek, Bayswater and Yellingbo, responded to the house fire on Goondah Lane in Healesville.
Healesville CFA captain Brian Earl said when they arrived at the house, they found it well-alight.
“It was a two-storey weatherboard place burning quite well,” he said.
“It took a significant time to bring it under control.
“We believe it [the cause] is part of cooking in the kitchen that was left unattended.”
The resident, who was the only person in the house at the time, safely self-evacuated from the severe fire.
“They were out before triple zero was called.” Mr Earl said.
The incident was deemed under control at 3.46pm.
Mr Earl said the crews stayed at the scene until 10pm.
“Once we got it under control, then we had to fully extinguish,” he said.
“The layout of the house and then some of the items within the house made it a little bit challenging to fully put out smouldering for quite some time.
“[I’d like to highlight for the community to] maintain awareness while cooking and also another push for checking and good work in smoke alarms.”
