Fire rips through Cardross home on quiet Saturday night

A Cardross home has been gutted by fire, with emergency crews from across the region battling flames that destroyed the house on Saturday night.

A Cardross home has been reduced to ashes by a major blaze that lit up the normally peaceful town at the weekend.

Nine fire crews from the CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria rushed to the scene at 19th St about 7.52pm, arriving to find the single-storey weatherboard property already well ablaze.

Onlookers described towering flames getting dangerously close to nearby trees.

Firefighters battled the blaze for more than an hour before they could get it under control. Picture: Glenn Milne

“It was well alight when crews arrived,” a CFA spokeswoman confirmed.

The CFA took charge of the firefighting efforts, with eight crews attending, while one FRV crew provided additional support.

A Cardross house has gone up in flames after fire tore through it on Saturday night. Picture: Glenn Milne

After an intense firefight which lasted more than an hour, emergency crews finally brought the inferno under control just before 9pm. Authorities declared the scene safe just after ten o’clock.

Ambulance Victoria attended the scene, but confirmed no one required medical treatment or transport.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.