Bourke Street: incident in Melbourne CBD after car in flames

Police are responding to an incident at Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne, with reports of a car going up in flames.

People are tweeting about the incident.

People are tweeting about the incident. Source: Twitter @meegslouise

Police are responding to an incident at Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne, with reports of a car going up in flames.

Suki Singh told SBS News he saw a "massive fire" with "police everywhere" near the corner of Bourke and Swantson streets.

"There were choppers flying above ... People were running," he said.

Another person at the scene said: "I saw people running, screaming. It was really terrifying".

"I've never seen a fire that big before."

SBS News has contacted Victoria Police for comment.
Premier Daniel Andrews tweeted that "details are still unclear".

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Published 9 November 2018 5:12pm
Updated 9 November 2018 5:54pm
By Helen Chen


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