Cooking sparks Melbourne apartment fire
A woman who fell asleep while cooking pasta on the stove is lucky to be alive after it sparked a fire at her South Melbourne apartment.
Luckily a neighbour heard the smoke alarm and called triple zero.
Fire crews forced entry to the Palmerston Court address just after midnight and safely evacuated the woman, who was found sleeping on the couch.
She was believed to be cooking pasta on a stove when she fell asleep, leaving it unattended and sparking the fire.
South Melbourne Station Officer Mick Gillies said she was lucky to be alive.
"She was so deep in sleep that the smoke alarm was activating, but it still didn't wake her," he said.
"She was at very real risk of smoke inhalation and even death.
"If it hadn't been for her smoke alarm alerting her neighbour, she may not be alive today."
