Brighton volunteer chief fire officer Grant Tapp said crews from six stations were called to the Big Stone Rd fire after 6.30pm yesterday.
At the peak of the blaze nearly 30 firefighters fought back the flames with just one goal in mind, save the new house that stood just several metres away from the 12m by 12m shed that ultimately was a total loss, he said.
One side of the newly-built house nearby was singed but with crews on scene for more than six hours yesterday, the house was saved.
‘‘We were only here probably five, 10 minutes and the shed just fell over, it was actually going well before we got here,’’ Mr Tapp said from the scene this morning.
‘‘We had to call in for more BA[breathing apparatus] wearers halfway through because our guys were absolutely knackered,’’ he said.
‘‘The main thing . . . we had water problems. We couldn’t keep the water up to the fire. But we knocked it down. Once we got the tankers here is when we sort of got on top of it.
‘‘Just be aware that these rural areas way up the wop-wops, it’s going to take us a bit to get there.’’
The shed had motorcycles, bicycles, books and a gun cabinet inside and crews were informed that .22 rounds were going off as they were en route.
The property owners had just recently finished building their house and had just shifted in.
The shed was a total loss, Mr Tapp said.Fire crew returned to the scene about 9.30am today to continue clean up.
