Published:Thursday 29 May 2025 at 3:13 pm
At 8.30am, Fire Rescue Victoria responded to an incident on the corner of Princes Highway and Westall Road, Springvale after multiple callers to Triple Zero (000) reported black smoke issuing from the roof of the IKEA building.
The incident was escalated to a second alarm due to the number of calls received and the sighting of flames and smoke from the rooftop.
Firefighters arrived within seven minutes to find solar panels on the roof involved in fire which had also penetrated through to the ceiling space below.
It is unclear at this stage whether the fire started from the panels or from the ceiling space beneath.
Firefighters quickly contained the blaze from above, with the incident deemed Under Control at 9:07am.
Crews remained on scene for some time to monitor the scene and assess building damage.
