Ormeau fire: Fireys move blazing caravan into street to safeguard nearby homes

Firefighters have had to take drastic action to move a blazing caravan into the middle of a suburban street to keep it from spreading to nearby houses.

Firefighters are investigating a fire which broke out in a caravan south of Brisbane overnight. Picture: Library file

Investigators are at the scene of a fire which lit up a suburban street in the early hours of this morning after a blaze broke out in a caravan.

Fences and trees in Floribunda Place, Ormeau also caught fire as flames leapt from the caravan, parked in a suburban driveway.

Firefighters were forced to move the vehicle into the street to keep the fire from spreading to a nearby house.

Police said the street was “lit up” during the early morning blaze.

Police at the scene said initial investigations found the blaze possibly started from a lithium battery inside the van.

It took fire fireys 30 minutes to bring the blaze under control and extinguish.

Nobody was injured but investigations will continue to determine the cause.

Originally published as Ormeau fire: Fireys move blazing caravan into street to safeguard nearby homes