The fire started in the engine and quickly spread through the superstructure
February 23, 2016
A tower crane jib came down at a site in the Prahran suburb of Melbourne, Australia today following a fire in the crane engine compartment.
The crane was working on site of the ‘The Parque’ apartments when the incident took place this afternoon. It is understood that the engine and surrounding hoses and wiring caught fire fire and quickly spread through the superstructure causing the jib pendant cable to fail and the jib to drop.