Keith Pakenham

At 12:18pm on Easter Sunday Carrum Downs and Frankston brigades responded to an FIP alarm at a local factory to find a vapour cloud in the warehouse with a liquid spill showing.

On Sunday afternoon, 5 February, the Frankston tanker crew was just finishing up at a fire call in Warrawee Circuit, when a neighbour pointed out a column of smoke nearby.

“When you start pumping a lot of water you’ve got to really think carefully about how you’re going to get the water supply to the lead fire fighting vehicle”– Chief Officer Euan Ferguson on the importance of water management at incidents.

New images and video have now been uploaded of the grass and scrub fire at Glasscocks Rd Lynbrook from last week.

On a hot and windy TFB day (2 Jan) a fire started in amongst tall stringybark trees on private property just off Stumpy Gully Road in Balnarring.

Smoke and flames were visible from the roof area of Aherns restaurant at Highways Tabaret in Springvale.

A car wrecking factory and yard that specialises in Honda vehicles was involved in fire on Saturday night 17 Dec around 7:00pm.

Stud Road in Rowville became the centre of attention just before 1:00 am on Sunday morning (11 December) when a B-double petrol tanker refilling the Caltex/Woolworths fuel outlet suddenly ignited.

Tilling Timber in Orchard Street Kilsyth became involved in fire once again on Sunday 30th October around 10:35 pm.

Around 8:30am on Friday morning (28 Oct) a Holden Cruze sedan was involved in a collision with a Cranbourne bound train at the Greens Rd level crossing in Dandenong South.