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A fire has gutted Morley markets overnight.
Surrounding roads are closed and residents are being urged to stay inside with their windows and doors closed as emergency crews continue to mop up the damage from the blaze.
The Morley markets have been destroyed by fire.Credit: 9 News Perth
Authorities believe it was deliberately lit around 1am this morning in the south-west corner of the 5000 square metre building along Progress Street.
Fire has destroyed the entire structure, with 130 emergency responders, including police, paramedics and firefighters, at the scene during the peak of the inferno.
Department of Fire and Emergency Services incident controller Andrew Duckworth said it was still too dangerous to enter the building.
“We managed to contain [the fire] to the building of origin, there were a number of other buildings very close by, so we’ve stopped it spreading and impacting those building, however, by the time we arrived, it was fairly intense, and we weren’t able to contain it within the building,” he said.
“Every business in the market building has been impacted to some extent, I’m not sure of the numbers at this stage … we’ll need to work through that.
“We haven’t done an internal assessment, but it’s almost certain that many of the [businesses] would have been [destroyed].”
The Arson Squad is investigating the cause of the fire.
