By Brendan Rees
A man pulled from a burning house in Lyndhurst was airlifted to hospital on Monday 16 September.
Five appliances and firefighters from Hallam, Cranbourne, and Hampton Park responded to the fire on Butternut Drive about 2.50pm.
CFA district-eight commander Don Wilkie said a man had suffered cuts to his hands after breaking a window to rescue a man inside.
Firefighters found the man, who suffered burns, on the nature strip and was airlifted to Alfred Hospital.
“They were both residents of the house,” Mr Wilkie said.
The blaze was brought under control within half-an-hour.
“Fire crews attended and police were there pretty quick … they did a really good job putting the fire out, containing it to the one house,” he said.
The rear of the house was engulfed in flames, and destroyed: “There is some structural collapse on the roof so it’s un-level at the present time,” Mr Wilkie said.
“You can look up and see sunlight; fairly significant structural damage to the house.”
Police say the “exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be determined at this stage.”
“Two males were injured, one is being treated for minor injuries the other will be taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries,” Victoria Police spokesman Cameron Scott said.
“No one else was injured during the incident,” he said.
Firefighters and police were initially called to the home about 1pm earlier in the day after smoke was reportedly issuing from the rear of the property.Mr Wilkie said both incidents were separate.
