Shed destroyed by ‘fully involved’ fire

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By Mitchell Clarke

Firefighters needed almost two hours to bring a fierce shed fire under control.

A CFA spokesperson confirmed emergency services responded to reports of a hay shed fire on McDonald Road in Labertouche just after 12.30am on Monday morning, 6 April.

Nine CFA vehicles from Bunyip, Longwarry, Drouin, Drouin West and Nilma North were all required to battle the blaze.

The shed was fully involved and it’s understood about $50,000 worth of hay was destroyed as a result of the fire.

It’s understood the fire was brought under control just before 2am.

Victoria Police were notified of the incident and were on scene.