00:00One of three family homes destroyed.
00:06Grange residents received frantic calls alerting them to the emergency.
00:11We've just literally arrived home now.
00:13Our house is looking like it's going to go up in flames,
00:16which is a terrible situation.
00:18We've got three cats in there.
00:19Look, this is a very significant fire.
00:21It's not common that we get this many houses go in a row.
00:24Low water supply hindered efforts.
00:26Three houses are a total loss
00:28and one house has had significant damage to its western wall.
00:32Thick smoke rose over the city.
00:34Looked out and it was well, well alight.
00:37Just flames, black smoke everywhere.
00:40Crews faced challenging conditions.
00:43Difficult conditions, very steep incline for the street
00:46plus an adverse wind that was blowing the fire from one house to the next.
00:50Three people were rushed to hospital.
00:52One firefighter has burns, another suffered chest pains.
00:56The fire was sparked by a resident who spilled fuel in a driveway,
00:59which then caught alight.
01:01He called triple zero and sustained significant burns.
01:04Back of the car caught on fire as well
01:06and then the owner was still running back and forth
01:08trying to sort of kick the rags and everything out of the way
01:11and he burned his legs sort of in the process.
01:14It took hours to bring under control.
01:16Authorities are now urging residents to stay inside to avoid heavy smoke.
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