A quick thinking resident helped stop an electrical fire at a home in Werribee on Friday morning from becoming much worse.
Crews from the Werribee CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria were called to the home in Slattery St shortly after 9.30am on Friday July 14, and arrived to find flames and smoke coming from the roof.
Two people were inside the home at the time, with one using a fire extinguisher to prevent the blaze from spreading beyond the fascia and eaves.
“An electrical fault malfunction is believed to be the cause of the fire and crews were able to contain and extinguish it, preventing it from spreading into other areas of the house,” said incident controller, Lieutenant Sean Cross from Werribee CFA.
It took firefighters just 10 minutes from their arrival to extinguish the blaze and neither occupant of the home was injured.
It was the fourth fire of the morning for Werribee CFA crews, having earlier brought a large rubbish fire in Truganina and two bin fires in Werribee, under control.
