POLICE, Country Fire Authority and Powercor are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed an Apsley house on Tuesday night.
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The Wallace Street house appeared to be unoccupied, but fire investigators were travelling to the scene Wednesday morning to confirm the details.
About 25 CFA volunteers and six tankers from Apsley and Edenhope responded to a callout about 8.10pm.
When they arrived, Apsley group deputy officer Steve Hocking said they tried to extinguish the blaze with the available tankers, but it was "too far gone".
"We sat on it for an hour and let it burn out, let the roof collapse and that sort of thing, then we hit it again and put it out," he said.
District 17 Operations Officer Lindsay Barry said nothing would be salvageable.
"We will be in contact with West Wimmera Shire to discuss whether the structure is unsafe," he said.
Mr Barry said the fire was being treated as suspicious, with authorities returning to the scene this morning to look into the cause.
An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman said paramedics were not required to attend the fire.
This morning, three brigades headed out to a green waste fire near Nhill racecourse.
Mr Barry said fire crews were called out at 5.20 am, needing less than an hour to extinguish the ten metre by ten metre patch of flames.