East Geelong home engulfed in flames
More than 15 firefighters were called to battle a house fire in East Geelong on Friday afternoon.
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AN East Geelong home was engulfed in flames on Friday afternoon.
More than 15 Fire Rescue Victoria firefighters responded to the house fire, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported it just before 3.50pm.
Crews arrived at the McKillop Street scene within three minutes, finding the house well alight.
A FRV spokeswoman said crews worked quickly to attack the fire, bringing it under control just before 4.20pm.
Crews remained on site to fully extinguish the fire late Friday afternoon.
The spokeswoman said FRV’s specialist fire investigators would investigate the cause of the fire, but it was not being treated as suspicious.
Originally published as East Geelong home engulfed in flames
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