Two day blaze

By Shaun Inguanzo
FIREFIGHTERS are to consider prosecutions after illegal modifications to a hydrant and sub standard building works turned a routine call-out into a life-threatening inferno.
Bystanders had to run to safety after the blaze burst through the Dandenong building’s glass front.
Fire crews battled the blaze for three hours after it erupted at 5.15pm on Monday night and spent the next two days hunting spot fires.
The fire has left two firefighters injured.
The blaze broke out in the Designwyse computer store at 200 Princes Highway and quickly spread to a furniture store sharing the same building.
Fire engulfed the building and caused $7.5 million damage as it burnt computers and furniture to a crisp.
An army of 100 firefighters and 21 trucks battled to save surrounding buildings.
Firefighters were still on site yesterday (Wednesday) investigating the exact cause of the fire.
And a separate investigation launched by Dandenong Country Fire Authority will attempt to answer a plethora of questions that its firefighters are asking about the building’s fire safety standards.
Dandenong CFA officer-in-charge Trevor Owen said an illegally modified fire hydrant failed to provide sufficient water pressure or volume.