Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Police are investigating a fatal house fire in Werribee on Monday morning (June 1).Emergency services responded to reports of the fire at a Newbury St residence just after midnight.Crews extinguished the blaze, which had fully engulfed the home, before locating a child deceased inside.A 39-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.A 40-year-old woman…
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Fire Rescue Victoria responded to an incident on Rupicola Court, Hillside, at 2.24pm Saturday (May 30) after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a house fire.The response was escalated. FRV crews arrived on scene to find a 20m by 8m tin garage fully involved in fire.FRV crews wearing breathing apparatus established hose lines and began…
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Fire Rescue Victoria responded to Fitzgerald Rd, Essendon, at 2.42pm Monday May 25) after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a house fire.Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the roof of a single storey house.FRV crews wearing breathing apparatus established hose lines and began attacking the blaze,…
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Fire Rescue Victoria were called to an incident on Hudsons Rd, Spotswood, at 2.29am Tuesday (May 26) after multiple callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a factory fire.Firefighters arrived on scene within six minutes to find a 60m by 30m factory involved in fire.Occupants of nearby apartments were safely evacuated. Fire crews donned breathing apparatus…
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Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 9.43pm Thursday (May 28) to an incident on Prentice St, Brunswick, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a building fire.Firefighters arrived to find flames issuing from a single-storey brick building that housed a bicycle shop.Crews fought the fire with multiple hose lines and an aerial appliance.The building was…
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Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a suspicious fire at a Keysborough factory on Thursday night (Apr. 23).Emergency services were called to the large blaze at an alcohol distribution centre on Atlantic Drive about 10.45pm.The building and its contents were completely destroyed.Investigators were treating the fire as suspicious in nature.
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Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad are investigating the circumstances surrounding a suspicious fire which occurred in Prahran on Thursday morning (Mar. 26).Officers were patrolling the vicinity of Malvern Rd and Chapel St about 2.05am when they noticed a fire at a Chapel St nightclub.Simultaneously, a witness called Triple-Zero to report a loud bang…
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Will-iamstown on Sunday morning (Mar. 22).Emergency services were called to reports of a fire at a shop on Nelson Place about 3.45am.Fire crews extinguished the blaze at the unoccupied premises which sustained significant damage.An adjoining residence above the business was found to be unoccupied at the time.A crime…
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Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad have charged a man following an arson attack on a Chapel St business in 2025 which left a man dead.A 44-year-old Fitzroy man was arrested at his home address on Thursday morning (Mar. 5).He has since been charged with arson causing death, arson – criminal damage by fire,…
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Fire Recue Victoria responded to a factory fire in Melton at 9pm on Friday evening, February 20.Firefighters arrived at the Norton Drive scene within five minutes to find smoke issuing from a 30 x 25-metre double story factory.Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the smoke-logged factory to search for the seat of the fire. Firefighters were…
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