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Authorities are working to contain contaminated firewater runoff following Wednesday’s monster chemical factory fire in Melbourne . The blaze was sparked by a big explosion at the premises in Derrimut, in the city’s west, and continues to burn on Thursday. Incredibly no one was injured in the city’s biggest fire in years, but the damage was clear with helicopter footage showing several walls had collapsed and part of the roof had caved in.
The factory included a warehouse that stored drums containing kerosene, methylated spirits, methanol and other substances. One worker died and two were injured in a fire at the same building in October. That fire was also sparked by an explosion. The EPA has issued the site with two notices and inspected it nine times since that first explosion and found it compliant.
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