Banksmeadow

2023 - 2 - 28

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Fears tower collapse could cause 'significant fire and explosion' at ... (ABC News)

Highly-flammable hydrogen gas stored next to a chemical plant in Sydney's south is safely removed after fears a cooling tower could collapse, ...

Staff began an emergency shutdown of the plant and conducted a controlled burn to stop the flow of gas within the stack. A failure of a water pipe in the facility is believed to have caused damage to the wooden structure surrounding the cooling tower. Emergency crews worked to prevent the tower from falling on a supply of highly-flammable hydrogen gas stored next to the plant on Denison Street, Banksmeadow.

Update after huge emergency at chemical plant (NEWS.com.au)

Businesses and homes were evacuated after a fire at a chemical plant threatened to collapse a cooling tower, triggering fears of a “a significant fire and ...

You just never know...— Andrew Magee (@AndrewM72031300) Banksmeadow (Sydney). 2GB announced that Fire Department are now on scene and its merely a "controlled burn", at Holloway St. In a “precautionary measure”, residents and local traffic within 800m of the tower were asked to evacuate. Businesses and homes were evacuated after a fire at a chemical plant threatened to collapse a cooling tower, triggering fears of a “a significant fire and explosion.” Emergency services were called to the Qenos manufacturing plant in Denison St, Banksmeadow at 6.15am on Tuesday after reports of a fault in the cooling tower.

Evacuation order issued over 'major hazardous materials incident' (Sky News Australia)

Fire and Rescue NSW have issued an evacuation order after flames erupted and caused damage to a chemical manufacturing plant in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Specialist crews are on-site attending to a HAZMAT incident at a chemical manufacturing plant.— Fire and Rescue NSW (@FRNSW) A precautionary evacuation order has been issued for local traffic in the Bayside area within approximately 800m of Denison Street, Banksmeadow. The precautionary order impacts all people and traffic within 800 metres of a cooling tower on Denison St in Banksmeadow following a of a HAZMAT incident on Tuesday morning.

Authorities responding to hazmat incident at chemical plant in ... (Crisis24)

Authorities responding to hazmat incident at chemical plant in Banksmeadow, Sydney, Australia, afternoon Feb. 28. Avoid the area.

Avoid the area. Authorities are responding to a hazardous material incident at a chemical manufacturing plant on Denison Street in the Banksmeadow area of Sydney afternoon Feb. Reports indicate that a fault in a cooling tower caused a fire above one of the exhaust stacks.

Banksmeadow cooling tower fire: Explosion near Sydney Airport ... (Daily Mail)

A massive evacuation zone has been set up near Sydney Airport after a cooling tower at a plastic factory caught fire, sparking fears it could fall onto ...

The plant was shutdown after timber supports holding up the cooling plant were damaged and posed a serious threat to igniting the hydrogen-filled tanks The fire is believed to have caused a fault in the cooling tower, 'triggering an emergency shutdown of the site.' However, firefighters and HAZMAT quickly removed each of the hydrogen tanks off of the property.

Residents evacuated as Fire and Rescue NSW crews respond to ... (7NEWS.com.au)

On Tuesday morning, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) said it was responding to a “major hazmat incident” at a chemical manufacturing plant in Banksmeadow. WATCH THE ...

“The incident has been resolved, and the precautionary evacuation order has been withdrawn,” FRNSW said. “Emergency services were called to the site on Denison Street, Banksmeadow, just after 6.15am, after reports of a fault in a cooling tower,” it said in a statement. On Tuesday morning, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) said it was responding to a “major hazmat incident” at a chemical manufacturing plant in Banksmeadow.