Severin St home gutted by ferocious fire in Parramatta Park, Cairns

A Cairns Airbnb guest was lucky to escape a blaze with his two dogs unscathed after a home was completely gutted by fire, believed be caused by a phone charger. Watch the video.

A low-set timber home in Parramatta Park has been completely gutted by fire, as emergency services begin to investigate the cause of the blaze.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said five fire crews were called to the scene of the inferno on Severin St, near the intersection with Brisbane St, in Paramatta Park.

Queensland Fire Department crews dampening down hotspots at a Severin St house fire in Parramatta Park. Picture: Peter Carruthers

An old timber home on Severin St despite efforts of firefight has been destroyed by fire. Picture: Supplied

Emergency services were called to a house fire on Severin St, Parramatta Park on Wednesday, November 20. Picture: Peter Carruthers

The first crew arrived at 12.50pm on Wednesday to find the home “well-involved” in flame.

The QFD spokeswoman said all occupants of the home were out and accounted for.

Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control by 1.03pm and it was extinguished by 1.14pm.

#ParramattaPark - Emergency services are attending a house fire on Severin St that was reported around 12.45pm.

— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) November 20, 2024

Crews then dampened down hotspots.

Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Police Service crews are also in attendance.

“We’ve conducted all searches and found no one in the structure,” the QFD spokeswoman said.

An Airbnb guest staying at the Severin St house was lucky to escape the blaze with his two dogs unscathed.

An old timber home on Severin St despite efforts of firefight has been destroyed by fire. Picture: Supplied

According to a passerby at the scene of the fire, the occupant of the house put his phone on charge and went to have a shower when he heard a fire alarm go off.

By the time he went to fill a bucket of water and return to the power point flames had got a hold of the curtains and quickly engulfed a large section of the house.

“So he grabbed his two dogs and ran,” the witness said.

QFD has attached a fire investigator to the case.

Originally published as Severin St home gutted by ferocious fire in Parramatta Park, Cairns