Fridge explosion in Gate Pa home

Fire investigators are today looking into the cause of a refridgerator which exploded with enough force to smash all the windows of a Gate Pa home last night.

Greerton Fire Service senior station officer Steve Wright said firefighters were called to a two-bedroom self contained unit on Scott St about 1.15am.

"A fridge has exploded. There's no fire and it appears to be a reaction of some sorts to the contents of the fridge."

"It caused a big pressure wave and it pushed all the windows and the ranch slider out of their frames," he said. "The door of the fridge was blown clean off the hinges and went straight into the oven. The contents of the fridge were all over the floor.

Mr Wright said neither he nor any of the other fire fighters at the scene had ever seen anything like it before.

"We're just a bit confused about the whole thing," he said.

Fire investigators will be at the property this morning to determine the cause of the explosion.

Mr Wright said they initially thought it was the gas used in the refridgeration process that caused the fire but the damage to the fridge suggested it could have been the contents.

He said the two tennants of the flat were asleep at the time and were uninjured.

Greerton fire fighters were also called to a small fire on the footpath near the corner of Fraser St and Hampton Tce, Parkvale about 3.40am.

"Some one had light a fire. They had piled up some timber and lit it on the footpath."

He said they found another fire about 5 metres away and a bus shelter that had been badly damaged.

It appeared someone had used a brick to smash the bus stop, he said.