{"id":91601,"date":"2017-02-28T02:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T07:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91601"},"modified":"2017-02-28T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T07:53:02","slug":"melbourne-cbd-blanketed-by-smoke-after-large-factory-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/28\/melbourne-cbd-blanketed-by-smoke-after-large-factory-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne CBD blanketed by smoke after large factory fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A factory fire in Melbourne’s northern suburbs has left the city blanketed in smoke.(Photo: MFB (Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade)\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SYDNEY\u2014A factory fire in Melbourne’s northern suburbs has left the city blanketed in smoke.<\/p>\n

The large fire broke out at the , 22 kilometers north of the CBD, at around 3:30am local time on Tuesday morning, causing authorities to issue health warnings for the surrounding suburbs.<\/p>\n

The center sorts rubbish for local councils and was full of plastic and paper. Around 100 staff were working at the time but all escaped safely, authorities confirmed.<\/p>\n

130 fire-fighters attended the scene and successfully bought the fire under control by 8am local time.<\/p>\n

Martin Braid, assistant chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), said the firefight was challenging due to a number of explosions within the premises.<\/p>\n

“As you can imagine, it’s a recycling plant, so there’s lots of paper, lots of plastic, which is highly combustible,” Braid tod reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Then on top of that, there are bulk containers in there with fluid used for hydraulics, and that ignited and created a large fireball that was seen at five o’clock this morning.”<\/p>\n

Andrew Taylor, a worker at the plant, said there was another fire at the site just last week.<\/p>\n

“We had a fire last Monday and that was about eight or nine hours,” Taylor said.<\/p>\n

“Apparently they had one 10 years ago, the same sort of thing. It burnt the whole place down.”<\/p>\n

One man was treated at the scene for breathing difficulties caused by the smoke but was given the all clear.<\/p>\n

Braid said that factory fires in the outer suburbs were becoming increasingly dangerous as the population increased and spread out.<\/p>\n

“These are the pressures of modern society, there’s a lot of pressures on urban sprawl and getting into close proximity with manufacturing areas,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So these are conversations that will be had (by planners) at a local level.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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