<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Port Adelaide defender Brandon Zerk-Thatcher has had to flee his home in Glenelg East as a fire threatened to set the property aflame.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A police investigation is underway following the fire in the early hours of the morning, which started with a car that was set alight, and quickly spread. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zerk-Thatcher and his partner, Abby, live next door to the unit where the fire started and had to evacuate along with their pets. </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/australian-military-vulnerable-to-drone-attacks-warns-defence-experts/e1abd96c-7c19-4311-ad8b-2c28d5ed96b5"><strong><span>ADF ships, planes, subs vulnerable to simple drone attacks: experts</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"By the time we opened the door I reckon it had just got to our house, so we got our cats and ran out of there," Zerk-Thatcher said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's pretty scary. Definitely makes you question if it's safe to live here."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services arrived at the scene around 2am to combat the fire, which threatened multiple properties on Brighton Road. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-house-fire-brandon-zerk-thatcher/cc20fc97-51a1-4804-9465-fb8d8972ee60" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was just thinking hopefully the car doesn't explode or anything. I was just hoping everyone was safe," resident Blake Bishop said.</span></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/nsw-jerilderie-newell-highway-mark-akers-dad-seeks-answers/ca28b1b2-bf83-465d-a6a0-63e899300ad3"><strong><span>Devastated dad seeks answers after traveller found dead on side of rural highway</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another resident, Madison Bishop, reported hearing an explosion before the blaze. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Before I exited my van to see the fire there was an explosion and I heard patters on the top of my van, which I'm guessing was glass," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses told police they spotted people running from the scene shortly after the fire started, while others have told 9News they stepped over a jerry can as they dashed to safety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives are now hunting for those responsible.</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>