Police remain at the scene of a house fire in a dense suburban neighbourhood in Perth’s south.
The alarm was raised for the house fire in Spearwood about 6am on Monday, triggering a major emergency response as the blaze ripped through a home on the corner of the main artery of Phoenix Road.
Police have locked down the scene and shut traffic off to a section of Phoenix Road, while the home has been cordoned off with red and yellow tape.
Four fire units left the scene just before 8am, while a heavy police presence remains, with the cause of the fire still unknown.
It’s the second fire at the property in the past week, with crews responding to a blaze in its rear shed sparked by lithium batteries on Monday last week.
Camera IconDetectives from the arson squad were seen at the property following the blaze. Credit: Ian Munro/The West Australian
The recent fire is understood to have started in an external sleep-out, with a neighbour at the rear of the property calling triple-0 while another went to the door to alert occupants.
Detectives are still working to determine what sparked Monday’s fire, with the arson squad attending to make further assessment, a police spokesperson confirmed.
Several distressed members of the public arrived at the scene, joining a small gathering at the front of the house next door.
More to come.