A shed fireplace in Adelaide's south-west has triggered destruction to a path of properties, in what neighbours have described as a 30m blaze.
Six properties in Edwardstown had been scorched within the fireplace that broke out at 11.30pm yesterday and was rapidly exacerbated by windy situations.
The hearth was captured on CCTV footage as one resident warned neighbours.
"Tree down, over there, there is a huge fireplace, they are going throughout your home," the person is heard saying.
Dale and Lauren Smedley stated the hearth rapidly unfold by the road.
"Having somebody knock in your door yelling 'fireplace' and it is coming over your home is terrifying, one thing I might by no means thought I might hear," Ms Smedley stated.
Mr Smedley stated the state of affairs was "fairly hectic by the point we received exterior."
"It was nicely and really in all probability 30-40m excessive within the gum bushes," he stated.
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Embers created by flames sparked spot fires six homes down the Furness Avenue tackle, scorching Clint Garratt's again yard.
"There have been flames going 5m within the sky," Mr Garratt stated.
He stated had the hearth reached his shed, his entire home may need been destroyed.
"There's 3L of gasoline in there that did not go up, so I am pleasantly shocked that it wasn't worse," he stated.
Hearth investigators imagine an electrical fault within the shed could possibly be accountable, with damages to properties estimated at $35,000.
Firefighters subdued the blaze inside an hour, stopping higher harm to properties.
"If the hearth vans and the firemen did not rock up after they did, it might have been a totally totally different story this morning," Mr Smedley stated.