Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a large blaze in a scrap metal yard at St Marys in Sydney’s west. The fire broke out amongst 500 tons of scrap at the Christie Street recycling business just after 6 pm.
More than 50 firefighters, using 14 fire trucks, battled for five hours to contain the flames, while employees from the business used heavy machinery to break up the piles of metal.
Three aerial platforms
Three aerial platforms supported fire crews in breathing apparatus, as they attacked the seat of the blaze and prevented it from spreading to an adjacent hammer mill.
There are no reports of injuries, and no evacuations were required. The cause of the fire is being determined.
