A fire in a dust extractor on Denison Street has forced the precautionary evacuation of as many as 80 people at Carrington.
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A spokesperson for the NSW Fire & Rescue service said eight crews had responded to the call at around 11.10am. Firefighters there have doused the blaze, and the spokesperson has said between 70 and 80 people have been evacuated from the scene with all on-site accounted for.
NSW Police and Ambulance crews had also attended the scene, though there were no reports of injury.
The details of this report are developing. It will be updated.
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Simon McCarthy
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
