A man was lucky to escape alive after fire destroyed a home in Melbourne's north on Saturday evening.
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Fire crews were called to a single storey house at Dacelo Avenue in Broadmeadows??? at about 9.15pm after reports the house was engulfed by flames.
Witnesses told firefighters a man was trapped inside the house so they raced into the burning property to search.
Firefighters rescued a man, 39, inside a bedroom.
He was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said he was taken to the Alfred Hospital.
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade said there was no report of a working smoke alarm.
The fire appears to have started in the lounge area where it is believed the man regularly smokes.
The fire was brought under control within 15 minutes.
The MFB said a cause of the fire has not been determined but it was not being treated as suspicious.
