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Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 06 Jul 2023 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Something appears to be very much on fire in the city. Edit: kings way appears to be closed, looks to be near crown/convention centre.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fire in Southbank.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@CEOofmyhouse56 @TinyBreak I'm on William & Collins corner and from here it looks like a standard heavy raincloud, but something does smell off... 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fire in Southbank. 12 vehicles attending a factory fire on Clarendon St near Haig St.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@CEOofmyhouse56 yup, confirmed in VicEmergency app, but warning seems pretty minimal. From that angle it just looks like normal storm clouds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Roger that. Over and out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

sorry for the link to 7news

there's some vids of it up on reddit now too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

@CEOofmyhouse56 @TinyBreak and real time AQI monitoring doesn't seem to have picked up anything?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Sorry, it's just me walking around super hot like 😬 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smoke? Any other details? I'm facing west so I can't see the city

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South west from Melbourne central. A few alarms and fire trucks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's the Young Holder East building on Clarendon St https://goo.gl/maps/KVUbhDq9i82DVs6y8

I just saw a video of the fire