Mr_Lumbergh on January 9, 2026 1:08 am Wind is howling and it’s hot. Not a good day for first responders.
ozlurk on January 9, 2026 1:17 am 41deg and gusting to 60kph , embers could be blown a long way and start new fires
Short-Huckleberry215 on January 9, 2026 1:51 am Derrimut – Melbourne’s capital of large industrial incidents.
doenoots on January 9, 2026 2:08 am Is derrimut becoming more residential or is it still mostly factories? Feel so bad for anyone having to live/work near the constant fires 🙁 especially if they already have any respiratory issues
Impossible-Machine11 on January 9, 2026 2:18 am Oh great another factory fire like the one 5 months ago on swansea drive or what ever it was
dish2688 on January 9, 2026 2:25 am Not another one. Between the exhaust chimneys, and the endless Derrimut fires, the air in the west is putrid.
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Shit day for it to happen
“Storage Facility” of used tyres I wonder?
Is it derrimut fym?
That’s a lot of smoke
Oh shiiiiiit
Didnt this happen last year too
Oh my god, again?
Derrimut you bloody fire magnet…
Wind is howling and it’s hot. Not a good day for first responders.
# Derrimut, where factory fires are on the tourist brochure.
Classic
It’s a Chemical Fire
Cool. That’s what we need.
41deg and gusting to 60kph , embers could be blown a long way and start new fires
Looks to be contained and under control now
Isn’t chemical waste stocktake usually July?
Man, its always black smoke we pump in the air
Derrimut – Melbourne’s capital of large industrial incidents.
Is derrimut becoming more residential or is it still mostly factories?
Feel so bad for anyone having to live/work near the constant fires 🙁 especially if they already have any respiratory issues
Oh great another factory fire like the one 5 months ago on swansea drive or what ever it was
Not another one. Between the exhaust chimneys, and the endless Derrimut fires, the air in the west is putrid.