Fire leads to a police stand-off which is stopping traffic at Thomastown in Melbourne’s north
A man has been arrested after refusing to leave a crane on top of a Melbourne building.
The man climbed onto a crane at the top of a building at a construction site on High St in Thomastown and refused to come down.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man refusing to leave crane on Melbourne construction site.
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It was extinguished by fire crews, who then saw the man in the crane.
Victoria Police negotiated with the man for several hours, eventually escorting him off the scaffolding about 8am.
He was arrested and taken to hospital.
“The 50-year-old Thomastown man (suffered) non-life-threatening injuries sustained from an unrelated incident,” Victoria Police said.
“He will be interviewed by police at a later date.”
High St was closed in both directions between Main St and Pleasant Rd for some time as a result of the police operation.
Originally published on 7NEWS
