By Brendan Rees
Firefighters responded to a roadside grass fire in Pearcedale on Tuesday 29 January.
CFA firefighters were called to the blaze, which covered about one acre, on Baxter Tooradin Road about 6pm.
Four fire trucks from Langwarrin, Pearcedale, Baxter, Cranbourne, and Somerville battled the fire which was about about 400 metres east of Smith Lane, and brought under control within about 10 minutes.
Pearcedale CFA lieutenant Chris Judd said the cause of the fire was unknown, and luckily no property damaged.
He said the fire was well-alight on arrival and “had the wind behind it” with “all the potential to go out into the paddocks.”
“It only took us a couple of minutes to get there. We got hold of it pretty quick.”
“We were blacking out for about 45 minutes,” Mr Judd added.
He said the crews did “a good job” in managing the fire.
