Home lost in Cosy Corner fire

A woman has been left with almost nothing after fire gutted her Cosy Corner home last Friday.

Albany Fire and Rescue and volunteer brigades were called to the Cosy Corner home about noon to extinguish the blaze, which threatened to spread to nearby bushland.

Crew from Elleker, Bornholm and Young Siding were called to assist with a lack of available water but could not save the home, which was left with an estimated damage bill of $350,000.

Albany Fire and Rescue firefighter Dean Symmans said crews faced the added danger of two exposed gas cylinders while trying to extinguish the fire along with the threat of a developing bushfire.

“When we arrived the home was fully engulfed and impinging on bushland,” Mr Symmans said.

“We contained the fire to the home but it was unable to be saved.

“If it had gone into the bushland, it would have gone over Torbay hill.”

The home’s occupant was in a shed next door when the fire started in the timber-clad home.

Mr Symmans said the fire was not deemed suspicious but was believed to have started from a wood fire.

He said it was important residents made sure their smoke detectors were in working order.

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