St Albans: Firefighters swiftly respond to early morning unit fire at Biggs Street

Nearby residents had a scary early morning wake up call after a fire broke out in a St Albans unit on Friday.

Fire crews have been called to a unit fire in St Albans. File photo.

St Albans residents had an early morning fright when they woke up to a unit fire on Friday.

Emergency services were called to Biggs St just after 4.30am after residents abruptly woke to the fire.

An Fire Rescue Victoria spokesperson said more than 10 firefighters arrived at the scene quickly and swiftly contained the unit fire.

“Upon arrival, crews worked together to attack the fire, bringing it under control within 10 minutes,” she said.

FRV is investigating the cause of the fire.

More to come.