About 100 firefighters took more than two hours to bring under control a fire in Eastwood shopping centre early today.
No one was injured but the contents of a furniture store and a fruit shop were destroyed.
A video of the fire, posted by BeeZeeDeeZee, has appeared on YouTube. Comments with the video described a ``seriously frightening experience’‘.
``It started with a loud explosion that shook our doors and windows pretty hard, and triggered alarms here and there,’’ the comments state.
A Fire and Rescue spokesman said, as they approached the scene, firefighters saw 20m flames above the shopping centre.
There were 35 trucks and 100 firefighters on scene, the spokesman said.
``It has taken two and a half hours to bring the fire under control,’’ he said.
The cause of the fire will now be investigated.
Motorists were asked to avoid the area near The Avenue and Rutledge St.
The Northern District Times website will have more reports and photos through the day.
发表于 28-7-2011 12:31:57
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发表于 28-7-2011 12:51:40
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唔哇哇太恐怖了，难道系人为纵火？
里面的人没事吧？大火中丧生的第一主因是浓烟导致呼吸道灼伤然后窒息而死，
所以要逃到卫生间等有水的地方用湿毛巾堵住缝隙，阻止黑烟进来，然后开窗挥舞衣物等待救援。
发表于 29-7-2011 08:52:38
我还说那个家具店东西很便宜呢，准备去买点木头家具呢