By Max Aldred For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:19 EDT, 12 May 2022 | Updated: 02:03 EDT, 13 May 2022

Firefighters are battling a major inferno in Melbourne's west, with flames reaching three storeys into the air. 

Emergency crews were called to the factory in Derrimut shortly before 9am on Friday morning and found the building ablaze with thick plumes of smoke pouring out into the morning sky.

Vision of the incident shows fire-crews trying to contain the factory fire, dwarfed by the huge orange fireball. 

The Derrimut factory remains on fire as more than 60 firefighters work to bring the blaze under control

Over 60 firefighters are at the site, the front of construction fencing company 1300Hoarding. 

All the occupants of the factory were evacuated before the blaze took off and firefighters found them safe by the scene. 

Firefighters have requested members of the public to avoid using Foleys road and Mount Derrimut Road as the fire continues to rage. 

An alert is issued for surrounding suburbs including Albion, Ardeer, Burnside, Deer Park, Derrimut, and Sunshine, urging residents to stay indoors as thick smoke continues to fill the sky.

The fire has been raging since before 9am when emergency services were first called out to the factory 

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