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[media-alert type="image" id=29722]A fire has significantly damaged a three bedroom home in Aston Crescent, Cook.
Shortly before 7:00pm this evening, ACT Fire & Rescue received multiple Emergency Triple Zero calls for help.
Three fire pumpers, two commanders and the breathing apparatus support van responded.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find a master bedroom well alight but were able to contain and extinguish the blaze before it spread through the roof.
The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire will be investigated.