Melbourne emergency
Firefighter forced to pay for fire truck fuel from their own pocket
The incident comes amid skyrocketing petrol costs and a cost-of-living crisis.
- Benjamin Preiss
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Triple Zero fails to meet ambulance dispatch benchmark, again
The Victorian government has quietly tabled a belated annual report revealing Triple Zero once again missed life-saving dispatch targets.
- Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
- Updated
- Victoria
Toddler dies in Fawkner house fire
A house fire in Melbourne’s north that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy and injured a man has been deemed non-suspicious by authorities.
- Alexander Darling and Isabel McMillan
- Updated
- Victoria
Bus goes up in flames in Southbank, sending acrid smell across city
A huge plume of smoke wafted across the city on Monday night, as the fire closed a busy road.
- Alexander Darling
Bus goes up in flames in Southbank
A bus fire in Southbank has closed a thoroughfare and sent acrid smoke wafting through Melbourne.
Fires, injuries as rogue fireworks incidents explode during Melbourne’s NYE celebrations
A fire ignited on the roof of the building that houses the Victorian premier’s office, and two men were stabbed during a machete attack at a famous dining strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Updated
- Victoria
Almost two dozen people taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Melbourne’s west
Emergency services were called to a pork processing plant in Benn Court, Derrimut, about 12.45pm.
- Lachlan Abbott
- Exclusive
- Emergency services
Millions were spent on a ‘back-up’ Triple Zero system that could have kicked in this week. It was quietly shelved
Insiders liken the Triple Zero system to the unstable building brick game Jenga, but a replacement system has just been pushed out “at least six months”.
- Aisha Dow and Clay Lucas
- Updated
- Workplace safety
Car crushed, driver trapped after crane collapse in Melbourne’s west
A crane operator was trapped for about an hour after a crane collapsed on a worksite in high winds in Melbourne’s west, crushing a car beneath.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Exclusive
- Tragedy
‘He meant the world to them’: Grandparents’ final act to save toddler in fatal crash
Vicky’s parents had moved to Melbourne only five months ago, wishing to spend their retirement close to their only grandchild. Both died after a car hit them while walking with the boy from a playground.
- Hannah Hammoud