Interstate News: Heater sparks house fire
Jul 16, 2010
A GAS heater is believed to have started a fire in Melbourne's west in which a man was seriously burnt.
Fire crews took nearly an hour to control the blaze as it tore through the unit in a new block on Harness Court, Truganina, about 2.30am (AEST) today.
The 35-year-year old resident had fled the home with burns to his hands, upper body and face.
Intensive-care paramedics took the man to the Alfred Hospital.
The fire was under control by 3.40am, with investigators pointing to a faulty gas heater as its possible cause, a CFA spokesman says.
No damage estimate is known at this time but the home has been deemed uninhabitable, with serious structural damage.
Source: News.com.au