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A MELBOURNE warehouse, 15 trucks and 2000 charity teddy bears have been destroyed in a fire that was fuelled by 150,000 litres of engine oil. The damage bill has been put at $20 million.

Takeover target The Warehouse underpinned the sharemarket in early trading today.

About 150,000 litres of engine oil has helped to fuel a $20 million warehouse fire in Melbourne`s outer south east overnight.

Fireballs exploded up to 50m into the air during a massive blaze at a logistics warehouse in Melbourne`s south-east overnight.

A MELBOURNE warehouse, 15 trucks and 2000 charity teddy bears have been destroyed in a fire that was fuelled by 150,000 litres of engine oil.

MELBOURNE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Australia`s biggest retailer Woolworths Ltd. WOW.AX said it has long targeted The Warehouse Group Ltd. WHS.NZ as the best way to enter the general merchandise market in New Zealand.

MELBOURNE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Australia`s biggest retailer Woolworths Ltd. said it has long targeted The Warehouse Group Ltd. as the best way to enter the general merchandise market in New Zealand.

A Lakeland warehouse that sold for a seven-digit price a year and a half ago has now traded for eight digits.

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Woolworths Ltd., Australia`s largest retailer, said acquiring New Zealand`s Warehouse Group Ltd. would give it more scale to compete with Foodstuffs NZ Ltd. in the nation`s NZ$12 billion ($8.3 billion) grocery market.