By Luke Voogt
A Norlane house fire – one of two separate blazes in the suburb in less than 11 hours – has left a man with burns to his upper body.
Firefighters rushed to the blaze on Donnelly Avenue and Iona Street at 12.36am on Tuesday.
“Arriving within five minutes, crews found the front of the 10×10 metre house on fire and quickly worked to make the scene safe,” a Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) spokesperson said.
“The scene was brought under control at 12.55am. One person was placed into the care of Ambulance Victoria paramedics.”
Ambulance Victoria said paramedics took the man in his 30s to University Geelong Hospital in a stable condition with burns to his upper body.
A Barwon Health spokesperson said the man was recovering in hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
Fire crews attended another fire in Norlane later that morning on Bellbird and Robin avenues.
“Arriving at 11.01am, in less than four minutes, crews identified the single-storey house fully-involved and began searching the residence for possible persons inside,” the FRV spokesperson said.
“The subsequent search found no occupants inside.”
Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 11.19am. Victoria Police and CFA crews assisted FRV firefighters at the scene.
The fires remain under investigation. They are not linked, according to FRV.
