A YOUNG family have escaped a blaze which destroyed a car, a motorbike, and almost spread to their home.
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Paul and Jessica Darcy were at their Craig Circuit home in Leneva on Thursday night with their 18-month-old son.
Mr Darcy heard a loud bang in the garage and went to investigate.
He couldn't see anything out the front of the home, which is owned by the army, and went around the back.
Thick, black smoke was billowing from the laundry and he opened the garage.
A car inside the garage was alight and flames quickly spread to other items, including a motorbike.
“The whole car went up in flames,” Ms Darcy said.
“It pretty much took everything with it.
“I called Triple-0 and firefighters came along and put it out.”
Ms Darcy said the firefighters had arrived within minutes.
She was still in shock on Friday morning.
“I just can't comprehend it really,” she said.
"We've lost the motorbike and the car.
"We've got no form of transport.
“It's just a shock.
“I'm feeling a bit deflated.”
The car was insured, but the family does not have contents insurance on the home.
"We're lucky it didn't get up into the roof cavity, otherwise the whole house would have gone up,” Ms Darcy said.
“I'm very relieved we're all OK and that nothing happened to the neighbours.”
Detective Leading Senior Constable Ian Deverell said there did not appear to be anything suspicious, but the cause was yet to be determined.
“It would have been a lot worse were it not for the quick response of the firefighters,” he said.
"It appears the fire started in the car, but it is not clear how.”
The damage to the vehicles, property and home is thought to be worth about $70,000.
The family will stay with Ms Darcy's mother.
A Wangaratta woman was also saved from her Millard Street home by a neighbour on Thursday night.
The woman, who has disabilities, burnt an oven mitt which caused the home to fill with smoke.
A neighbour heard a smoke alarm ringing and evacuated her from the house.
Firefighter Ian Lilley said the woman had been distressed when the CFA arrived and needed oxygen.
“It was a good effort by the neighbour who didn't ignore the alarm and went in and assisted,” he said.
“It could have been a lot worse. It shows that smoke alarms work, even to alert neighbours.”
