What the records say
- When
- 2018
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 37.81° S, 144.86° E
- Description
- 2018 industrial fire in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
2018 West Footscray warehouse fire
2018 industrial fire in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The 2018 West Footscray warehouse fire was a major industrial fire that occurred in the border of West Footscray and Tottenham, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beginning on 30 August 2018. The fire took the Metropolitan Fire Brigade several days to fully control and emitted a large plume of toxic black smoke, visible across Melbourne.
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