Fire at Commonwealth Bank’s building in Springvale

Emergency-service workers at the bank in Melbourne Source: AAP

Six people are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a man allegedly set fire to a branch of the Commonwealth Bank in Melbourne's south-east. Emergency crews were called to the scene at Springvale Road in suburban Springvale to find the bank on fire.

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