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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Simon McCarthy

Fire breaks out in Carrington dust extractor forcing evacuation

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A fire in a dust extractor on Denison Street has forced the precautionary evacuation of as many as 80 people at Carrington.

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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