Dramatic vision shows moment cops race to alert neighbours as ‘suspicious’ fire consumes inner-city home in enormous blaze
- Emergency services rushed to house fire
- Police response filmed on bodycam
- Probe into suspicious blaze underway
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Extraordinary vision has emerged of a massive blaze that ripped through an inner-city family home and quickly spread to a neighbouring property, forcing terrified residents to flee.
An investigation has been launched into the fire in Brisbane’s West End which broke out shortly before 4am on Wednesday morning and destroyed the residence.
Dozens of firefighters battled the inferno for two hours before it was extinguished around 6am.
Police have subsequently declared the site a crime scene.
Dramatic bodycam vision released by Queensland Police shows officers rushing to the Archibald Street scene where the house was already fully engulfed in flames.
Police arrived on the scene to find the inner-city Brisbane home engulfed in flames
‘No one’s in the house? What about the house up the road?’ a female officer asks a resident standing in the middle of the street.
‘They’re evacuating?’
The vision shows police banging on the door of a neighbouring home at risk of being engulfed by the intense flames.
‘Hello hello, police!’ the officer yelled.
‘All clear,’ a man eventually called out.
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The vision also shows fire trucks arriving on scene with sirens blaring and evacuated residents standing in the street.
The house was destroyed. No one was home at the time.
It took eights crews of firefighters two hours to extinguish the early morning blaze
The West End home engulfed in flames was destroyed. No one was home at the time
A neighbouring property also sustained extensive damage.
No injuries were reported.
Investigators spent Wednesday morning examining the crime scene.
Fire crews also remained to dampen hot spots and conduct atmospheric testing at the damaged neighbouring property for residents to collect possessions.
The blaze is being treated as suspicious.
Investigations into what sparked the massive blaze continue.
Anyone with information or CCTV or dashcam vision is urged to contact PoliceLink or Crime Stoppers.
Investigations into the suspicious blaze (pictured on Wednesday) continue
Police bodycam shows officers doorknocking neighbouring homes for residents to evacuate
