Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has credited an automatic sprinkler for limiting the spread of a fire inside a major shopping center in Sydney's south-west.
Around one thousand people were evacuated as the electrical blaze broke out in a shoe shop within the mall on Campbell Street, Liverpool, around 12 pm. FRNSW responded with 28 firefighters and seven fire trucks.
Prior to their arrival, sprinklers within the building activated and doused the flames, containing the fire to the shop it started in.
NSW Ambulance paramedics
Firefighters extinguished the blaze a short time later. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated three people for smoke inhalation.
Most of the shopping center has since reopened; however, management will keep some sections sealed off to enable further clean-up efforts.
