More than 80 firefighters were called to a fire at a plastic shipping pallet factory in Deer Park on Saturday morning.
The blaze at the 100×50 metre factory has since been contained and five people were safely evacuated from a different building on the industrial site, according to Fire Rescue Victoria.
“There (are) no signs of any foul play,” incident controller Craig Williams said, adding there were no details on the cause while the fire investigators were still working. It is the second factory fire in west Melbourne for the month after an explosion at a Derrimut factory on July 10 which leaked potentially toxic pollutants into local waterways.
Mr Williams said there are no concerns about chemical storage and that Fire Rescue Victoria worked with agency partners to oversee safe storage of chemicals.
