‘It was really scary’: Mother flees with newborn baby as Parafield Gardens home goes up in flames

A mother has fled her home with her newborn baby as the property behind erupted into flames, thanks to the actions of quick-thinking neighbours.

A crew of 27 firefighters from nine appliances and a command vehicle arrived at home on Spencer St, Parafield Gardens to find the house fully involved with smoke with flames issuing from the premises.

Quick-thinking neighbours have alerted a mother with a newborn baby to a fire erupting in a property behind her northern suburbs home, which took a large fleet of firefighters to contain on Wednesday.

At 11:15 am, emergency services were called to Spencer St, Parafield Gardens, to find a rear house of a two property block fully engulfed with smoke and flames issuing from the premises.

The rear property where the fire started at Parafield Gardens. Picture: 7NEWS

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Inside the home, a man and his dog were able to evacuate safely before MFS crews arrived.

The resident of the second property at the front of the block, Monika was unaware that a fire had started behind her home, but was safely evacuated with her new born baby after neighbours knocked on her door.

Speaking to 7News outside the home, Monika said she did not know where the smoke was coming from.

“It was really scary. When I called my husband I was crying like, I think because, from inside, I didn’t understand what it is (was) because it was all black,” she said.

“I thought it was our house.”

Resident, Monika spoke to 7News outside her home following the blaze.

Firefighters contained the fire in 20 minutes and it took crews an hour before the fire was fully extinguished.

An MFS spokesperson said an occupant of the home self-evacuated and safely removed a pet dog

No injuries were reported.

Fire investigators will attend the scene to determine the cause and assess the damage.

Originally published as ‘It was really scary’: Mother flees with newborn baby as Parafield Gardens home goes up in flames