Canning Vale home fully destroyed in early morning blaze as separate house fire damages Armadale property

A southern suburbs home has been fully destroyed after a blaze ripped through the property in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Firefighters were called to the house fire on Pelham Gardens in Canning Vale just after 4.30am.

The blaze started in the back living room and was fully engulfed by the time seven firefighting crews arrived.

Photos show flames coming through the caved in roof.

All occupants in the home, understood to be a family, got out safe.

The house was fully destroyed with firefighters getting the blaze contained just before 5.45am. It was fully extinguished around 7am.

Police also attended and fire investigation officers remain at the scene to investigate the cause.

The fire came hours after another house fire in Armadale around 6.11pm on Wednesday night.

The blaze on Shanks Court was contained to a single room and was extinguished by firefighters within 20 minutes.

The cause was deemed accidental due to blankets too close to an electric heater.

The house blazes come as DFES revealed the past five years has seen a 50 per cent increase in the number of winter fires started by electrical goods.

Last winter alone saw 274 blazes — the equivalent of about three a day — a 25 per cent increase on 2024.

Electrical equipment and appliances were responsible for almost a quarter of those fires, while unattended cooking and heating systems were also primary causes.

Lithium-ion batteries sparked 15 house fires last winter.

WA residents are being urged to check their electrical goods for damage and overheating, test their smoke alarms, never leave cooking unattended and to keep all items at least one metre away from the heater.

DFES commissioner Darren Klemm also urged West Australians to look at installing interconnected heat alarms in garages or storage rooms, where battery products were often kept.

Two people have died in WA house fires so far this year.