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Fire threatens factory in Sunshine North

Approximately 30 firefighters responded to multiple calls of fire early this morning in Sunshine North on West Moreland Road and Warrick Road.

Published:
Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 10:05 am

FRV appliances were despatched immediately and arrived on scene within 4 minutes and were confronted with a large fire approximately 20 x 10m outside a factory that was threatening the structure.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus quickly worked to make the scene safe and brought the scene under control 10 minutes after arrival at 4:00am.

The fire initially involved 3 cars and a pile of rubbish, with another 4 cars impacted by the fire with the inside of the factory successfully protected from the flames.

5 Pumpers, a Rescue and an Aerial Platform were assisted by three support and specialist vehicles.

Victoria Police are investigating.

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