Melbourne 'explosion' LIVE: Blast rocks Australian city as 'loud bang' heard


A blast has rocked the Australian city of Melbourne, with sirens heard across the city.

Residents heard the mystery blast just before midnight, adding it sounded ‘like a bomb went off’.

It’s believed to be centred around the south east of the city, with emergency services scrambling to the scene.

One shocked local said: “‘Dead set sounded like a bomb went off.”

The exact nature of the incident is currently unknown.

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