Fire Commercial/Industrial

We have five fire engines, an aerial ladder platform and a water bowser in attendance at a large incident in the area. 

We request that people in the area keep windows closed and stay away from the area. 

Update 00:18

Crews have been making steady progress extinguishing the fire and preventing it from spreading to further areas within the site. 

Crews have used 2 Ground Monitors and the Aerial ladder platform to extinguish the fire, Crews also used 1 Foam Branch to assist. 

On-site personnel are assisting our crews in extinguishing the fire by using a Debris Handling machine to move the pile to allow crews access to deep seated hotspots. 

A 3 Appliance relief strategy is in place and this incident will be updated again in due course.  

Update 04:50

The fire has been extinguished and no crews remain on site. A revisit will be carried out later this morning for an inspection.

At the incident, crews used the following equipment:

• one hose reel jet
• two main jets
• two ground monitors
• one compressed air foam branch
• one aerial ladder platform used as a water tower

The cause is believed to be accidental.