Fire destroyed a couple of sheds in Johnson Street Leongatha this morning, Friday November 10, with fire brigades from the local region combining to extinguish the blaze and prevent it spreading to the house on the property or the units behind.
Brigades were alerted about 5am.
“The two side-by-side sheds were fully involved by the time we got paged, so we went straight on direct line attack from the front with BA (Breathing Apparatus) crews and we had two tankers on the back doing asset protection on the units right behind,” incident controller Philip McIlwaine said.
One unit behind received some heat damage but was saved.
“We had Leongatha, Koonwarra, Nerrena, Meeniyan, Ruby and Leongatha South, plus the Rehab and BA Support from Wonthaggi,” the incident controller said of the combined fire brigade effort.
One pumper and four tankers were used, with water drawn from a Johnson Street hydrant.
The complexity of the fire and a rich fuel load meant it wasn’t until after 8am that it was completely extinguished.
“The roof collapsed early and it wasn’t safe for us to go in, so we did a lot of firefighting from outside the building to maintain our safety and make sure we all got to go home,” incident controller McIlwaine said.
Police will investigate the cause of the fire.
