Emergency Services

HOBSONS BAY: House fire at Altona North

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Fire Rescue Victoria responded to several Triple Zero (000) calls reporting a house fire in Cresser St, Altona North, on Tuesday morning (Aug. 5).Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the roof of the double-storey brick house, so the response was escalated. FRV crews wore breathing apparatus to…

HOBSONS BAY: Fire at Spotswood

Fire Rescue Victoria responded to several Triple Zero (000) calls and a fire alarm activation for a unit fire in Spotswood on Tuesday evening (Aug. 5).Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find people evacuating reporting a bedroom fire so the response was escalated.FRV firefighters wore breathing apparatus to investigate and extinguish the blaze…

MERRI-BEK: 102-year-old woman dies in house fire

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal house fire in Coburg on Monday, July 28.Emergency services were called to the blaze at a property on Reynard St about 11.55pm on 28 July.The sole occupant of the home, a 102-year-old woman, was located deceased inside the property.The fire is not being treated as suspicious. Police will prepare a…

MURRINDINDI: Rescue at Mt Sugarloaf

A man has been winched to safety after slipping about 50m down Mt Sugarloaf in Taggerty on Tuesday (July 29).Emergency services, including Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, Country Fire Authority and State Emergency Service personnel, attended the man’s location near Cerberus Rd around 12 Noon.It is understood the man was bushwalking alone when he slipped off…

MARIBYRNONG: New SES HQ at Maidstone

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

SES volunteers in Melbourne’s west will soon have a new home.Vicki Ward (pictured), Minister for Emergency Services, last week joined members of the VICSES Footscray Unit at their current home to unveil the first renders of the new facility.VICSES Footscray is one of the busiest units in Melbourne’s west, having led a massive response to…

MELBOURNE: Trains disrupted

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a building fire on Rosslyn St in West Melbourne shortly after 3pm on Wednesday afternoon (July 9).Firefighters arrived in six minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from a 30 x 10 metre storage building underneath the Dudley St railway bridge.Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the building and found…

MERRI-BEK: Apartment fire at Brunswick West

Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a building fire in Brunswick West on Wednesday evening (July 9).Firefighters arrived within six minutes to find a residential unit on the third floor of an apartment building fully ablaze.FRV crews evacuated an occupant from the apartment to safety. The occupant will be assessed by Ambulance Victoria.Firefighters contained the fire…

KINGSTON: Explosion at Bonbeach restaurant

More than a dozen diners and staff escaped injury following an explosion at a Bonbeach restaurant on Wednesday evening (July 9).Fire Rescue Victoria was called to the Nepean Hwy at 6pm Wednesday evening after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a kitchen explosion.FRV crews from Springvale (Fire Station 89) and Patterson River (Fire Station 90)…

WYNDHAM: Fire at Werribee South

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to several calls of a beach shack on fire in Werribee South just after 1am on Sunday morning, July 6.Crews arrived on scene within 15 minutes due to the remote location to find smoke and flames issuing from the roofs of two single storey beach shacks, so the response was…

GREATER DANDENONG: Fire at Springvale

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal house fire in Springvale on Saturday morning (July 5).Emergency services were called the blaze at a property on Avondale St about 6.50am.One person was located deceased inside the property.Investigations are ongoing into the cause of the fire. An arson chemist was to attend the scene.