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Collapse Issue 423 - 10 Jul 2017Issue 423 - 10 Jul 2017
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Extra units called in to fight gas installer factory fire
Calls for short-term action to protect beachfront
Coastal works to start at unspecified cost
PCYC applies for $450,000 building additions
Tesch calls for submissions on ferry prices
Funding opportunity for local groups, says Tesch
Town plan, coastal works and library project scheduled
Council rejects Peninsula submissions
Council announces spending plans
Main drain improvements to cost $250,000
Peninsula fares 'poorly', says candidate
Community plan team to back council candidates
Priestman Ave house may be demolished
Rezoning proposal deferred for further report
Community expo to be held at community centre
Holidays result in increased pelican injuries
Rotary club inducts two new members
Networking evening for business women
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Talk about over-population
Times a wasting
Plan sets ambitious task
Like a child building sand castles at the water's edge
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Peninsula diabetes rates above average
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Award for work with digital media
Brazilian night at the Troubadour
Junior showcase concert held at Pearl Beach
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Students graduate with diplomas
School to celebrate 90th anniversary
Girls' soccer team
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Australia Floorball Open hosted at Woy Woy
Woy Woy Lions beat Warnervale to jump into top four
Netball team travels to Liverpool
Taplin team wins Team of the Year
PCYC members in Nations of Origin
Charity event attracts 38 bowlers

Extra units called in to fight gas installer factory fire

Some 60 fire fighters and 15 fire units were used to fight a fire in a factory on Rawson Rd, Woy Woy, at around 6pm on Tuesday, July 6.

Commuters returning home by train watched as a stream of six or more police and emergency vehicles from Gosford rushed past Woy Woy station with lights flashing and sirens wailing.

The factory was used to install liquid petroleum gas kits in motor vehicles.

Fire and Rescue NSW Central Coast inspector Mark Delves said the presence of between 30 and 50 LPG cylinders of different sizes at the rear of the premises meant the first fire fighters to respond to the emergency were "faced with an aggressive fire".

"The first crews from Umina and Kariong were faced with protecting the two adjoining premises from the heat and flames and from the fire spreading to a nearby electricity sub-station located across a laneway from the factory," Inspector Delves said.

"They worked quickly to manage those three exposures and then asked for more resources to assist in fighting the fire," he said.

Inspector Delves said resources utilised to fight the blaze included fire trucks, a rescue vehicle from Gosford and a hazmat vehicle from Berkeley Vale along with aerial platforms.

"The fire fighters very quickly put their water on the gas cylinders to prevent them from exploded; none of them exploded but they were burning vigorously."

Traffic management came under the control of the Brisbane Water Local Area Command and, according to Inspector Delves, police moved to close Rawson Rd and other nearby streets until the situation was considered safe for traffic.

"The owner of the premises attended the fire and couldn't give any reason as to why it had started in that part of the building," he said.

The fire took 30 minutes to contain and hours to completely extinguish.

Fire fighters did not leave the scene until the whole building was assessed and secured.

"I would like to give an acclamation to the first arriving crews who faced such an aggressive fire."

Officers attached to Brisbane Water LAC continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

There have been no reports of damage to neighbouring buildings and nobody was injured.





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