Residents evacuated from West Melbourne hi-rise after 'suspicious' fire engulfs empty warehouse

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Residents evacuated from West Melbourne hi-rise after 'suspicious' fire engulfs empty warehouse
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An early-morning warehouse fire in West Melbourne that caused the evacuation of 150 apartment residents has been deemed suspicious.

An overnight fire at an empty warehouse in West Melbourne, which took more than two hours to control, has been deemed suspicious.

Emergency services were called to a fire at Spencer Street just before 2am on Saturday and found a warehouse fully engulfed in flames. The fire threatened an adjacent high-rise building, resulting in the evacuation of about 150 residents.

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