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Northland shopping centre in Melbourne evacuated after fire erupts inside chicken shop

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Stevens, K. (2026, October 23). Northland shopping centre in Melbourne evacuated after fire erupts inside chicken shop. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16231879/Northland-Shopping-Centre-fire-melbourne-evacuation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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A fire broke out in a chicken shop within the Northland Shopping Centre in Preston, Melbourne, around noon on Friday, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of people including staff and shoppers. Firefighters arrived quickly and put out the flames within 15 minutes; however, they stayed at the scene to ventilate the area due to smoke that had spread through ductwork. Social media shared images showing dense smoke coming from the shopping centre.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-23, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Kylie Stevens

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Hundreds have been evacuated from a busy Melbourne shopping centre following a fire in the food court. asserted

Hundreds → evacuate → court

Firefighters were called to Northland Shopping Centre in Preston in the city's north-east shortly before noon on Friday. asserted

Firefighters → call → Friday

Crews arrived at the scene to find a blaze in a chicken shop that had extended into the ductwork. asserted

that → arrive → ductwork

Firefighters worked swiftly to extinguish the flames as hundreds of staff and lunchtime shoppers evacuated the centre. asserted

hundreds → work → centre

The fire was extinguished within 15 minutes. asserted

fire → extinguish → minutes

'Firefighters remain on scene and are working to ventilate the area,' a spokesperson told the Daily Mail. asserted

spokesperson → remain → Mail

Photos and footage shared on social media showed plumes of thick smoke billowing from the shopping centre. asserted

Photos → share → centre

Firefighters remain at Northland Shopping Centre following a blaze that evacuated lunchtime shoppers and staff One shopper told Melbourne radio station 3AW that his wife heard an 'earth-shattering kaboom' from the food court area. asserted

wife → remain → area

More to come. asserted

More → come → ?

Northland shopping centre in Melbourne evacuated after fire erupts inside chicken shop

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