A TWO Wells family has lost their home and possessions after fire gutted their property last week, causing $360,000 in damage.

Emergency services were called to a Bailey Road property just after 1.30pm last Wednesday, where they arrived to find the home engulfed by flames.

The 31 volunteer firefighters moved quickly moved to contain the fire, but the flames caused the home’s roof to collapse, completely destroying the property.

The occupant, 47-year-old Peter Quinlan, was not home at the time. No one was injured as a result of the incident.

Peter’s mother, and the property’s owner, Valmai Quinlan said her son was only worried about his dog, who was sheltered during the blaze by a neighbour.

“His first priority was his dog,” she said. “He said please go around and find out what happened to the dog.

“He’s lost everything; all his furniture, his television and his computer. Everything he owns was in the house.”

The family had owned the home for more than 30 years, with Mrs Quinlan having plans to soon move back in with her son.

“I lived here with my husband for 30 years, except for the past two years where I lived in the town (Two Wells),” she said.

“I’ve just had the bathroom renovated and the next job was to finish the kitchen. After that I was thinking of shifting back in with my son.

“It’s pretty sad to see the whole house gone. When he said there was a fire I assumed it must have been a little fire – I wasn’t thinking the whole house would be gone.”

Fire scene investigators attended the scene on Wednesday afternoon and identified an electrical fault as the blaze’s cause.

Neighbour and witness Nicholas Pavan said he was inside his home when he heard a loud noise and rushed outside.

“I was just out in the backyard and coming back inside when I heard a bit of a bang,” he said.

“I was just looking out the window and I said ‘I think the house next door is on fire’.

“It went up pretty quick. By the time we finished the phone call to call emergency services pretty much the whole house was already on fire.

“You could see the flames coming through the kitchen window and halfway down the house.”