Apartment building flooded in Melbourne’s CBD

Approximately 26 firefighters responded to a flooding incident in Melbourne’s CBD on Thursday evening.  

FRV crews were called to the Spencer Street incident at 6:30pm after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported flooding in a 62 storey apartment complex.

Crews arrived in four minutes to find that hydrants within emergency stairwells had been activated on multiple floors of the building.

Occupants of the building were evacuated as FRV crews worked with building maintenance staff to remove water flooding the stairwells.

Firefighters will remain on scene and assist residents back into their apartments as they are given the all clear.

FRV worked alongside Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria on scene.