Quick thinking by a Belmont North resident has prevented his house from going up in flames.
Fire crews from Belmont and Tingira Heights were called to the single level timber cottage on Arlington Street at about 8.00pm Wednesday to reports of a fire in a bedroom.
Police say it appears a lithium battery sitting on a bed caught alight.
The male resident grabbed two fire extinguishers from the garage, smashing the bedroom window and managed to douse the flames by the time firefighters arrived.
The bedroom sustained smoke damage in the fire.
