A man has managed to escape an Ashmont home before it was "completely destroyed" by a suspicious fire overnight.
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The brick house on Fernleigh Road caught alight and was destroyed but the sole occupant at the time was not injured.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews were called from the Turvey Park fire station about 12.50am and rushed to the scene, where the roof had already partially collapsed and the front windows had exploded.
Station Commander Jeff Edwards said the man who had self-evacuated from the home was treated for smoke inhalation and was taken to Wagga Base Hospital as a precaution, but he escaped serious injuries.
Fernleigh Road residents have described being woken in the middle of the night and seeing the house go up in flames.
One resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said he saw yellow flames billowing from the centre of the house.
"It's sad that someone lost the property, but as long as no one was hurt," he said.
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Station Commander Edwards said the house and its contents were "100 per cent destroyed" in the "severe and intense fire", which he believes started in the living room.
He said it took crews two hours to fully extinguish the flames, which had penetrated the timber framing inside the brick veneer home.
Station Commander Edwards was with the two fire trucks who first attended the scene and called for backup on the way.
"Once we got to the top of the hill on the corner of Bourke Street and Fernleigh Road we could see already flames across the backdrop of the night sky," he said.
"I called for two further appliances as a precaution, also for police and ambulance and power and gas [providers] to isolate the premises."
He said emergency services confirmed with the man that he had been the sole occupant at the time.
When it was safe to do so, Fire and Rescue NSW conducted a search and rescue operation but found no one else inside the house.
Station Commander Edwards says a crime scene has been established as investigations commence into the fire, which is is being treated as suspicious.
An NSW ambulance spokesman confirmed that the man sustained minor injuries related to smoke inhalation and was taken to Wagga Base Hospital.