Grease in exhaust flue suspected as fire breaks out in Melbourne CBD restaurant
A restaurant blaze yesterday in Melbourne's CBD forced office workers to evacuate the building.
Workers were inside the Crazy Wing restaurant, near the corner of Bourke and Russell streets, when a blaze, believed to have started by a build-up of grease in the restaurant's exhaust flue, was noticed by passers-by who raised the alarm.
The ceiling of the two-storey building collapsed as 50 firefighters wearing breathing apparatuses worked for nearly an hour to gain control of the blaze.
The Melbourne Fire Brigade warned the community "to regularly clean and maintain the whole flue, not just the filter".
"Keep your cooking area free from built up grease, dust and oil," the MFB said on Twitter.
Sheridan Randall, 30th April 2019
