Residents return home as acrid smoke clears

By Rania Spooner and Caroline Zielinski
Updated April 24 2014 - 10:08pm, first published 5:26pm
Aerial appliances were among many fire trucks called to the scene. Photo: Penny Stephens
Aerial appliances were among many fire trucks called to the scene. Photo: Penny Stephens
Workers were evacuated from the blaze that engulfed three factories. Photo: Penny Stephens
Workers were evacuated from the blaze that engulfed three factories. Photo: Penny Stephens

A fire that gutted a manufacturing plant in Melbourne's south-east on Thursday morning, causing more than $1 million damage, started when an extraction fan burst into flames.

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