Kangaroo Point home completely destroyed in fire overnight

A man says his pet parrot Eric saved his life by squawking his name before smoke alarms sounded as his Kangaroo Point home erupted into flames. The property was completely destroyed.

A fire has completely destroyed a home in Kangaroo Point overnight, while a resident was lucky to have survived only thanks to his squawking pet parrot Eric.

Emergency services were called to the well-involved fire at the Salstone St home just before 2am.

Fire has completely destroyed a home at Kangaroo Point. Picture: Alison Conway

It took four fire fighting crews an hour and a half to contain the blaze, which was declared under control just after 2.30am.

Police and paramedics also attended the incident, however no one required medical assistance.

The only resident of the home, Anton Nguyen, said he’d only woken thanks to the alarming squawks of his pet parrot.

A man says his squawking pet parrot Eric saved his life when his home when up in flames. Picture: Sunrise

“I heard a bang and Eric — my parrot — he started to yell so I woke up and I smelled a bit of smoke,” he told ABC.

“I grabbed Eric, opened the door and looked to the back of the house and saw some flames.

“And so I’ve grabbed my bag and took off and bolted downstairs.”

A fire has destroyed a home in Kangaroo Point overnight. Picture: Matt Donovan

Fire investigators will this morning return to the home, which remains a crime scene, to determine how the blaze was started.

Matt Donovan had a bird’s eye view of the “massive inferno”, saying it was incredibly lucky there wasn’t more damage.

“The flames were massive, and it was surprising not to see more people notice it at first” he told The Courier-Mail.

“You’d think the flames were about to jump across any minute.”