FIREFIGHTERS have converged on the scene of a fire at a derelict house in Midland early this morning.
The fire was reported at 4.30am at a vacant property on Railway Parade, near Padbury Terrace and Sayers Street.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) arrived at the house to find a mattress on fire inside the house, and promptly extinguished the blaze at approximately 4.41am.
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