Sydney, NSW, 21 December 2023 Fire & Rescue NSW responded to reports of a factory alight in Milperra. The incident involved a large timber business, more specifically a pallet factory, which was significantly involved in fire; initial containment was hampered by a combination of strong winds and exploding materials.
The first arriving crews reported explosions and multiple exposures due to erratic fire behaviour and had to force entry through various means to set up exposure protection, including power-sawing security fences and good old forcible entry tools.
Due to the fuel loading and risk of exposures, the incident was upgraded to a 6th Alarm Structure Fire which saw appliances respond from all over Sydney.
| Appliances / Stations in attendance | |
|---|---|
| CAFS Aerial Pumper 47 (Revesby) Pumper 34 (Riverwood) Rescue Pumper 62 (Bankstown) CAFS Pumper 31 (Liverpool Temp Station) CAFS Pumper 64 (Lakemba) Hazmat Pumper 85 (Chester Hill) Pumper 52 (Campsie) Pumper 73 (Yennora) Pumper 49 (Cabramatta) (SEV) Pumper 90 (Menai) Pumper 84 (Macquarie Fields) Pumper 29 (Arncliffe) CAFS Pumper 30 (Lidcombe) | Ladder Platform 21 (Kogarah) Ladder Platform 27 (Parramatta) Technical Rescue 8 (Liverpool) Heavy Hazmat 85 (Chester Hill) Logistic Support Vehicle 1 (City of Sydney) Mobile Command Centre Bravo (Alexandria) Rehab Alpha (Greenacre) Duty Commander Inner West (Ashfield) Duty Commander Parramatta Duty Commander South West (St Andrews) Incident Management Team |
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