Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
FRV firefighters rescued a man from a fire at an apartment building in Collingwood in the early hours of Monday morning (May 19). Callers to Triple Zero (000) reported the fire at 4.06am and crews arrived at the Wellington St scene within five minutes. Upon arrival, crews located a fire in a second storey apartment,…
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Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to several calls of smoke issuing from a pizza shop in Ashburton on Monday evening (May 19). Crews arrived at the High St scene within three minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the rear of the single storey brick shop, so the response was escalated. FRV crews donned…
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Thirty Fire Rescue Victoria firefighters responded to multiple calls of a house fire in Avondale Heights on Sunday night (May 18). Crews arrived at the Venice Court scene at 6.28pm, within four minutes of the calls, to find smoke and flames smoke and flames issuing from the roof of the two-storey brick house. Firefighters escalated…
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FRV firefighters arrived on scene within minutes to find flames issuing through the roof of the single storey, brick veneer house in Mulgrave on Friday afternoon (May 16).Crews arrived at the Franconia Court scene at 2.18pm.Confirming that no one was inside, firefighters aggressively fought the fire externally to bring it under control in 50 minutes.Cause…
Read More about MONASH: House fire at Mulgrave
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to multiple calls to Triple Zero for a building fire in Melton South in the early hours of Saturday morning.Firefighters arrived at the Staughton St scene at 3.46am, within six minutes, to find a single fronted shop fully ablaze, with a car through the front of the building.Firefighters in breathing…
Read More about MELTON: Shop blaze at Melton South
Three people were lucky to escape injury after their boat sank off Barwon Heads on Friday (May 9).The trio – a 37-year-old from Northcote, 41-year-old from Northcote and 29-year-old – launched a 5.5m fibreglass boat from the Ocean Grove boat ramp about 7am.After a day of fishing, the men were attempting to return to shore…
Read More about SURF COAST: Trio rescued at Barwon Heads
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a structure fire on Scott St, Melton, after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a shed fire at 3.34am on Sunday (May 11)CFA firefighters also responded and assisted FRV.Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the roof of the 15m x 20m…
Read More about MELTON: Shed fire under control
Fire Rescue Victoria rews responded to a reported house fire in Vermont at 1.53pm on Friday afternoon (May 9).Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the front rooms of the single brick house, so the response was escalated.FRV crews donned breathing apparatus and began an internal attack on…
Read More about WHITEHORSE: House fire at Vermont
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a residential unit on fire at Ronald St, Moorabbin, shortly after 11am last Tuesday (May 6) after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported hearing an explosion.Firefighters arrived within four minutes to find the single storey brick home 15 metres by 10 metres fully involved at the rear of the…
Read More about KINGSTON: Fire destroys Moorabbin unit
Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 3,.46am Wednesday (May 7) to multiple reports of a shop fire in Mahoneys Rd, Campbellfield.Firefighters arrived on scene within four minutes. Additional FRV resources were dispatched as the fire had already consumed the 10 x 30 metre single storey shop and was in danger of spreading to adjoining businesses.The incident…
Read More about HUME: Suspicious fire at Campbellfield