Flagstaff Group Fire | December 27, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

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00:00So we're here at Flagstaff Group at Mutandarra at 8.30pm.

00:05Calls were received by 000 to a factory alight.

00:08So Fire and Rescue initially responded to crews,

00:11and on arrival those first crews found a building at Flagstaff Group's

00:15wind processing facility was alight.

00:18The response was escalated to firefighter trucks

00:21and included our ladder platform from Wollongong,

00:24where firefighters had to cut their way into the building initially.

00:28Two different firefighting crews aggressively attacked that fire

00:31from either side of the building.

00:33They did a great job and managed to save it to one part of the complex,

00:37but that part of the complex has been totally destroyed by fire.

00:41It's about 50 metres by 50 metres, so it's a substantial area

00:45and that is going to have an impact on Flagstaff Group's

00:49linen processing facility here at Mutandarra.

00:52But because of the work that firefighters did in those initial 30 minutes,

00:55it did minimise the damage to just that area,

00:59and it means the rest of their operations here will hopefully be

01:02up and running again by Monday.

01:04The incident's now moved into more of an investigation phase

01:07where we're trying to work out exactly how and where this fire started,

01:12and we'll do that with our specialist fire investigation and research team.

01:16But we'll have crews here for most of the weekend

01:18assisting Flagstaff Group to hopefully get back up and running

01:21as soon as possible.