Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Emergency Services
Fire Recue Victoria responded to multiple Triple Zero (000) calls for a structure fire in Richmond shortly before 6pm on Thursday evening (Feb. 19).Firefighters arrived within seven minutes to find flames issuing from a 20 x 30 metre double-storey brick home that was under construction.Firefighters quickly attacked the fire using multiple hoselines, as well as…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a building fire on Mollison St, Abbotsford, at 2.52am Thursday (Feb, 19) following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000).FRV crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find fire through the roof of a brick building approximately 10m by 30m, so the response was escalated.Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus worked swiftly…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 10.54pm Wednesday (Feb. 18) to an incident on Latrobe St, Melbourne, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a smell of gas.Firefighters arrived on scene within six minutes at the multi-storey commercial building where the incident was reported.Around 100 people were safely evacuated from the building, managed by Victoria…
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Police News
Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a stabbing in Noble Park.It is understood a group of unknown male offenders assaulted a 20-year-old man in a carpark off Memorial Drive about 10pm Wednesday (Feb. 18)The Narre Warren South man was taken to hospital in a critical condition however his condition has since improved and…
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Police News
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Newham.The 28-year-old man has been charged with culpable driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and fail to give way.The charges follow a collision between a car and truck at the intersection of Egans Lane and Three Chain Rd on about…
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Police News
A teenage boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing in Geelong on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 19).Officers were called to the Malop St scene after several calls to Triple Zero (000) about an assault just after 3.30pm.Police have been told two boys were seen fighting in the mall of a shopping centre…
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Police News
Westgate Highway Patrol officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a hit and run collision in Newport on Thursday night (Feb. 19).Emergency services were called to Blackshaws Rd about 11pm to reports a pedestrian had been struck by a car.The vehicle did not stop at the scene. The identified male pedestrian was taken to hospital with…
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Police News
Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a series of alleged offences in Morwell.Police were called to a property in Yarak Court after a man allegedly stabbed another man before fleeing about 5.20pm. on Wednesday, February 11.The victim, a 39-year-old Morwell man, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The offender was allegedly…
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Police News
Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged incident on a bus in Bendigo.It is alleged a man got onto a Route 5 bus just after it had left Bendigo Railway Station about 6.20pm on Saturday, February 14.He allegedly sat next to the victim, an 18-year-old woman, and sexually assaulted her…
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Police News
Police have arrested five teenagers after an incident where a male was allegedly assaulted and dragged into a vehicle, before being involved in a pursuit across Melbourne’s north-western suburbs.It is alleged that a 17-year-old boy was walking along Harrier Circuit in Deanside when he was assaulted by four male offenders and dragged into a Toyota…
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