Crews battle Thornbury shop fire

Firefighters successfully stopped a shop fire from spreading to neighbouring properties in Thornbury on Saturday night.

Multiple callers reported that a vehicle had collided with a shop on High Street, Thornbury, at 3.45am.

Crews arrived within five minutes to find the car and shop were fully ablaze, with the fire threatening to spread to shops on either side.

Firefighting crews donned breathing apparatus and commenced an aggressive attack on the fire, containing it to the building of origin.

Crews brought the fire under control at 4.20am.

The fire has been deemed suspicious and Victoria Police will investigate the cause.