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Two fire fighters injured in massive fire at Sydney recycling facility
More than 200 firefighters and five aerial units battled a chemical fire that caused a fireball over 100 metres high and injured two firefighters, officials said.
- On Saturday , an explosion ripped through the Kurrajong Road waste recycling facility, North St Marys just before 11pm, producing a fireball over 100 metres and flinging a chemical tank into the air.
- FRNSW officials said chemicals on site intensified the blaze, with a significant range of chemicals fueling the fire while the Environment Protection Authority, fire investigators and NSW Police begin inquiries as the origin remains under investigation.
- Chunks of concrete and debris showered firefighters as two firefighters suffered minor hand injuries and neighbouring boundary walls caved in with at least one building destroyed by Sunday.
- NSW Fire and Rescue confirmed crews contained the blaze by about 8am after deploying five aerial units, while authorities set a 200-metre exclusion zone and warned residents within 500 metres to stay indoors.
- Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell described the scale, saying `I have never seen anything like that, to that degree`, while firefighters warn the site will smoulder for days and specialist HAZMAT teams and the EPA manage chemicals and cleanup.
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Sydney factory explosion sends chemical tank into the air as huge fireball erupts
A massive fire and explosion tore through a waste facility in western Sydney, Australia, sending engineered concrete and debris into the air as firefighters scrambled to contain the blaze. Two firefighters were injured during the rescue operation.
·Beijing, China
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More than 200 firefighters were called to battle a fire at North St. Mary's in western Sydney, Australia, after a fire broke out at a waste facility late Saturday night. The explosion blew a chemical tank into the air, according to Fire and Rescue NSW. Emergency responders were hit by chunks of concrete the size of tennis balls. Two firefighters sustained minor hand injuries while battling the blaze in New South Wales, but no other injuries were…
·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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