ACT Fire & Rescue is on the scene of a house fire in Springbett Street Kambah.
The house is well alight with multiple crews working to extingish the fire.
Update to follow.
12:20 PM
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Firefighters have extinguished the house which has sustained significant damage.
The cause is unknown but ACT Fire & Rescue has confirmed the fire started in a detached double garage then spread to the roof space of the house.
There were no occupants inside the home at the time.
Fire crews are now ventilating the property.
12:33 PM
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The initial damage bill has been estimated at $400,000.
The cause has been determined as an over heated lawn mower motor.
2:29 PM
[Courtesy ESA]
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I thought it looked a bit smokey out.
Kambah-B-Q?
The initial improvement bill has been estimated at $400,000.
There. Fixed that for you, Johnboy.
Words courtesy ESA
Over heated lawn mower? wtf i smell a rat or is it just a case of utter stupidity?
It’s cheaper to get jims mowing.
How does a lawn mower overheat when nobody was home?
One has to wonder if it was a new type that are made on the cheap or an older one that needed cleaning.
I hope everyone cleans all the junk off their mower before they use it. Dried grass can be very bad
gooterz said :
It was an older type of mower, as far as I know. The garage was full of boxes, furniture and fabrics and was not often touched, so it’s not a surprise that it went up.
My dad mowed the lawn and put the mower away, and ten minutes later the neighbours were pounding on the doors to let them know the garage was on fire.
ginger_sunshine said :
OP says no one at home?
NoImRight said :
No, it doesn’t.
It says “There were no occupants inside the home at the time“, which I take to mean the neighbours did their job alerting the owners and they all got out safely.
Jungle Jim said :
Maybe it does mean that, maybe it doesnt. Either way it didnt need a snotty reply.Thanks.