Firefighters rush to South Melbourne to fight blaze engulfing a high rise building

By Brooke Rolfe For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:34 BST, 23 August 2018 | Updated: 09:43 BST, 23 August 2018

Firefighters have rushed to the scene of a ravaging fire at a tall building near Melbourne’s CBD.

Victoria police asked the public to stay away to from Buckhurst Street in South Melbourne as crews battled the blaze Thursday evening about 5.40.

A strong smell of smoke could reportedly be detected from the Spencer and Collins Street intersection in the city.

The fire was believed to have started at an abandoned factory near the George and Kerr street intersection.  

 

More to come.  

 

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