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- A building fire on Devonshire road, Sunshine has extensively damaged two businesses, and is being treated as suspicious.
- Firefighters attended the scene at 4am and extinguished the blaze. Police are now investigating the cause.
- Meanwhile, firefighters have contained the 1000-hectare blaze that ignited on Tuesday in Flowerdale.
- Authorities announced on Friday at 7pm that the fire had been contained, after blustery conditions risked spreading the fire beyond control lines.
- Warnings for local communities were downgraded on Friday evening.
Detectives are investigating a fire that engulfed a building and damaged two businesses in Melbourne’s west in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Firefighters were called to the scene on Devonshire Road, Sunshine, at around 4am on Saturday following multiple calls to emergency services.
A fire that engulfed a commercial building on Devonshire road, Sunshine overnight is being treated as suspicious.Credit:Nine
“Firefighters worked to contain and extinguish the blaze. The building has undergone extensive damage,” a spokesperson from Fire Victoria said.
Local police are investigating the cause of the inferno, which has significantly damaged the two businesses inside, and is being treated as suspicious.
A crime scene has been established, and firefighters will remain at the scene on Saturday to monitor the area.
A warning was issued to local communities to stay inside on Saturday morning, which has since been downgraded.
Paramedics and police attended the scene. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, after four days of efforts, firefighters have contained the 1000-hectare blaze which ripped through a town north of Melbourne, destroying cars, farm sheds and livestock.
Authorities confirmed the grass fire, that ignited on Tuesday in Flowerdale, had been successfully contained at 7pm on Friday, and warnings for local communities were downgraded.
After four days of effort, the 1000-hectare fire in Flowerdale has been contained. Credit:Jason South
One hundred firefighters remain at the scene on Saturday morning to patrol the blaze, and ensure it stays within the containment lines.
Those containment lines were completed on Thursday night, through bulldozing and back burning, conducted predominantly on forested areas of private land.
Although the fire has been contained, it is expected to burn for weeks, or until the area experiences substantial rainfall. It will be monitored by fire crews during this time.
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