A FIRE at a block of units in Aspendale caused major damage and sent a person to hospital on Monday, 4 June.
Emergency services were called out to the blaze on the corner of Ross Street and Sixth Avenue at around 11.30am. An under construction block of two storey units had caught fire, and one person was stuck inside.
Edithvale CFA attended and helped evacuate the man inside the building. He was taken to hospital after suffering the effects of smoke inhalation.
The fire soon engulfed the roof and spread to a neighbouring apartment. Fire crews had to attack the fire from above using the ladder platform to put it out.
The fire was eventually brought under control after around two hours. Two apartments ended up extensively damaged, but the other two apartments on the block were not.
A statement on the Edithvale CFA Facebook page read that the fire started as a result of work on the building, and was not suspicious.
The Edithvale CFA were helped by crew members from Patterson River, Springvale, Dandenong, Mentone, Bayswater, and Keysborough. Around 50 firefighters ended up on the scene. Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police, Worksafe, and Kingston Council also attended.
A smoke warning was issued for Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Bangholme, Braeside, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Edithvale, Waterways, Bonbeach, and Mordialloc.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 6 July 2022