26 injured in Melbourne's bank fire

Xinhua News Agency

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A total of 26 people were injured, six of whom were seriously burnt, in a fire at a bank in Australia's second largest city of Melbourne on Friday.

The fire took place around 11:30 a.m., in one of the Commonwealth Bank branch at Springvale Central, in Melbourne's southeast, according to local reports.

A man set fire to the branch with "flammable liquid," police said.

(APD)