Gold Coast fire: Two dogs, classic car rescued from Molendinar home

Neighbours rushed towards a burning Gold Coast home carrying fire extinguishers and hoses, with one even smashing windows to save two dogs inside.

Neighbours rushed towards a burning home in Molendinar carrying fire extinguishers and hoses, with one even smashing windows to save two dogs inside.

A neighbour, who asked not to be named, said he helped the dogs escape while others raced to put out the blaze on Breakspear Rd just before 8am.

“I was in my car lighting up a gas fridge and looked out the window and saw a heap of black smoke,” the neighbour said.

“We got up there and smashed a couple of windows and yelled out to see if anyone was home.

“We got their dogs out and the rest is history so to speak.

“The fellow next door threw a hose over and then there were a couple of other neighbours with fire extinguishers.

“The house was too far gone at that stage.”

No one was injured.

The man said the dogs were scared, but otherwise coping well.

“Once we got them out, they were alright,” he said.

“It gets the adrenaline pumping.”

Photos from outside a Molendinar house fire.

Southport fire station officer Graeme Stoner said the blaze started in a rumpus room and took 30 minutes to bring under control.

He said the rear of the house was extensively damaged.

No one was inside at the time.

It is understood the home owner is overseas and her son who was staying there was at work when the blaze started.

Fire investigators will determine the cause.

Photos from outside a Molendinar house fire.

One crew arrived at the scene about 8.10am.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said the blaze was reported in the rear of a single level brick home.

AUG 24: HINTERLAND HOMES WITHOUT FIRE

MORE than 600 homes are still without power in the Gold Coast’s hinterland following a major outage earlier in the day.

Fallen power lines caused over 1600 homes to be without electricity on Tuesday afternoon.

By 7pm over 600 homes still had not received their power.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency spokesperson said fire crews were called to Mt Tamborine at about 3.30pm.

An unplanned power outage has hit the Gold Coast. Picture: Energex

Crews are currently on the scene at School Rd clearing the area to make it safe for Energex to fix the power lines.

More than 1,600 homes are currently without power in the area.

Energex said it will provide an update about when power might be restored at 6pm.

Van fire causes traffic chaos at Smith St

August 23, 2021

TRAFFIC was backed up along Smith Street on Monday evening as fireys dealt with a van which was engulfed in flames.

Queensland Fire emergency services got to the white van around 6pm on Monday and put the fire out within 10 minutes.

“The car was well involved on arrival,” A spokesperson said.

Emergency services had to block off the Smith Street off-ramp westbound around 10 metres before the loop to Coolangatta, but opened it after the fire was put out.

A Queensland Police spokesperson said the owners of the van were trying to put it out before firefighters arrived.

Police said the fire was not suspicious.

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Originally published as Gold Coast fire: Two dogs, classic car rescued from Molendinar home