2018 West Footscray warehouse fire
The 2018 West Footscray warehouse fire was a major industrial fire that occurred in the border of West Footscray and Tottenham, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beginning on 30 August 2018. The fire took the Metropolitan Fire Brigade several days to fully control and emitted a large plume of toxic black smoke, visible across Melbourne.
Aerial view of the extent of the industrial fire in West Footscray in 2018
West Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. West Footscray recorded a population of 11,729 at the 2021 census.
Whitten Oval in February 2017
A pop-up park on Barkly Street