Firefighters contain Heidelberg West storage facility blaze

Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) responded to an incident in Bamfield Road, Heidelberg West at 3.21am after an alarm and sprinkler activation at a Storage Facility.

Firefighters arrived on scene within seven minutes to find the first floor of the facility heavily smoke logged.

The response was escalated with crews initiating Breathing Apparatus procedures before conducting an internal firefighting attack.

Crews knocked down the fire quickly and contained it to the first floor with the fire beeing deemed Under Control at 4.46am.

A total of 9 appliances and 25 firefighters were committed to the firefight.

Crews are undertaking salvage and overhaul activities before trying to determine the cause of the fire and will be on scene for some time.