On early Friday morning the Portarlington CFA and Drysdale CFA were called to a undefined fire at 2:00am. The further information given was that it was believed that a shed adjoining 2 houses was well alight with one car on LPG gas inside. On arrival the officer in charge of the fire fight, Leiut. S. Scott's main aim was to protect the adjoining premises with the limited crew available at the early stages of the fire then to move onto the main seat of the fire when more resources were available. In all 5 appliances from both the Portarlington and Drysdale fire brigades and 16 fire fighters spent the early morning extinguishing the blaze.