A house fire on Garnet Avenue with no occupants present was contained by firefighters within an hour on Wednesday night. A Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) spokesperson said FRV and CFA firefighters arrived on scene in the Wangaratta township to find a fire in the roof space of a single storey weatherboard home. Triple Zero callers reported smoke coming from the roof at 6:30pm. “Firefighters donned breathing apparatus and extinguished the fire by 7.32pm,” the spokesperson said. An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics weren’t required on scene. The FRV spokesperson said the blaze was not being treated as suspicious at this stage.
