Updated March 14, 2018 16:34:45

Video: Firefighters work to control blaze at Melbourne retirement home (ABC News)

A retirement home village in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs has been evacuated after one of the buildings caught fire.

Authorities were called to the Blue Hills Rise home in Cranbourne East shortly after 1:00pm, where the fire is believed to have started in the roof of the recreation centre.

Residents have all been evacuated and firefighters say the fire is no longer burning out of control.

The recreation centre housed a swimming pool and an after-school care facility, but only one person was inside when the fire broke out.

"Everyone has been evacuated and accounted for," a Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokeswoman said.

Photo: The fire broke out in the retirement home's recreation centre which housed an after-school care facility. (ABC News: Jonathan Hair)

The CFA said the alarm was raised at the home on the Berwick Cranbourne Road and crews from eight trucks tackled the fire.

Berwick Cranbourne Road is closed to traffic.

Firefighters will stay on the scene and are expecting the fire to burn out.

Photo: Thick black smoke was seen billowing from the retirement home's roof. (ABC News)

Topics: fires, older-people, cranbourne-3977, melbourne-3000

First posted March 14, 2018 14:22:13