Ferocious fire engulfs Melbourne retirement home
Fire crews are currently working to extinguish a large fire which has engulfed a retirement home in Melbourne’s south-east.
The blaze is understood to have started at the building on Berwick-Cranbourne Road in Cranbourne East just after 1:00pm Wednesday.
Elderly residents have been evacuated from the village whilst firefighters continue to fight the flames.
People in the area have been urged to close all of their doors and windows to avoid smoke.
WATCH:
A retirement home in Melbourne’s south-east has been evacuated after the building caught fire ?.https://t.co/qyJCPFX1c4 pic.twitter.com/V4NYlCRO3N
— ABC Melbourne (@abcmelbourne) March 14, 2018
Thick black smoke and flames are still billowing from the roof of a building in Cranbourne East – reportedly part of a retirement village @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/9VwO305Prb
— Tom Kelly (@tpwkelly) March 14, 2018
