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Article: Vic: Faulty wiring blamed for huge factory blaze
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- April 19, 2006
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AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2006
Vic: Faulty wiring blamed for huge factory blaze
By Jamie Duncan
MELBOURNE, April 19 AAP - Faulty wiring is thought to be the cause of a factory fire
dubbed one of the worst in Melbourne's recent history.
The blaze began in the Lifestyle Classics bedding factory at Moorabbin about 8.45am
(AEST) yesterday and spread rapidly, fuelled by synthetic bedding materials and plastics,
destroying it and several neighbouring buildings.
About 200 people are out of work because of the fire.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade assistant chief fire officer (southern zone) Terry Hunter
said fire investigators had found evidence of overheated thick copper wiring in a ...