<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents in the Adelaide suburb of Plympton have evacuated their homes after waking to the sound of explosions in the middle of the night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside, they saw smoke and flames coming from a backyard shed, and a man running off. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident, which occurred just before midnight last night, has left the community shaken, and authorities are treating the blaze as suspicious. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-two-people-dead-in-accidents/ed33c03e-219c-4dd3-8c89-d403db30a11a"><strong><span>Experienced sailors named as two men killed in Sydney to Hobart</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As the inferno raged, firefighters battled to prevent the flames from spreading to neighbouring homes on James Street.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It would've been 20 or 30 feet in the air, the trees were sort of on fire," neighbour Paul Wooley said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were back at the scene this morning to try and determine who may have been responsible.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-house-fire-explosions-heard/76fcb86c-e605-40e9-98bb-bfe9bb79fe4e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-years-eve-2024-weather-forecast-state-by-state-australia/78a15534-acde-450c-a069-fbc5ae399418"><strong><span>Millions in store for 'hot, humid and rainy' New Years Eve</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Moments after hearing an explosion, neighbours say they saw a man running down nearby Durant Street before jumping into a car and taking off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(I) saw a guy running around the corner as fast as he could," Wooley said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The estimated cost of the damage is $45,000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>