Emergency services are currently battling a house fire in Richmond.
Fire and Emergency shift manager Jill Higgison says they received multiple calls shortly after 12.20pm on Tuesday about a house on fire in Griffin St.
FENZ have five units on site attempting to extinguish the blaze.
Thick black smoke can be seen billowing into the air from as far away as Stoke.
A nearby resident says he smelled smoke at the same time as another resident heard a scream.
She heard screams and thought it might be local children playing, but then realised it sounded too extreme for play and went to check if someone needed help.
She saw smoke and realised that a house on Griffin Street was totally engulfed.
She says that a tree at the front of the property caught fire, and the fire brigade watered down houses nearby to stop the fire spreading further.
Another neighbour said the residents of the house had only shifted in a few months ago
