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Boy rescued from underneath train at North Melbourne station
The year 7 student was trapped under the train for up to an hour, before being rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
- Gemma Grant
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Firefighter forced to pay for fire truck fuel from their own pocket
The incident comes amid skyrocketing petrol costs and a cost-of-living crisis.
- Benjamin Preiss
Triple Zero fails to meet ambulance dispatch benchmark, again
The Victorian government has quietly tabled a belated annual report revealing Triple Zero once again missed life-saving dispatch targets.
- Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
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Toddler dies in Fawkner house fire
A house fire in Melbourne’s north that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy and injured a man has been deemed non-suspicious by authorities.
- Alexander Darling and Isabel McMillan
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- Victoria
Bus goes up in flames in Southbank, sending acrid smell across city
A huge plume of smoke wafted across the city on Monday night, as the fire closed a busy road.
- Alexander Darling
Bus goes up in flames in Southbank
A bus fire in Southbank has closed a thoroughfare and sent acrid smoke wafting through Melbourne.
Fires, injuries as rogue fireworks incidents explode during Melbourne’s NYE celebrations
A fire ignited on the roof of the building that houses the Victorian premier’s office, and two men were stabbed during a machete attack at a famous dining strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
- Cassandra Morgan
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Almost two dozen people taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Melbourne’s west
Emergency services were called to a pork processing plant in Benn Court, Derrimut, about 12.45pm.
- Lachlan Abbott
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Millions were spent on a ‘back-up’ Triple Zero system that could have kicked in this week. It was quietly shelved
Insiders liken the Triple Zero system to the unstable building brick game Jenga, but a replacement system has just been pushed out “at least six months”.
- Aisha Dow and Clay Lucas
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- Workplace safety
Car crushed, driver trapped after crane collapse in Melbourne’s west
A crane operator was trapped for about an hour after a crane collapsed on a worksite in high winds in Melbourne’s west, crushing a car beneath.
- Cassandra Morgan