9th Alarm Chipping Norton Self Storage Fire

24-6-26 Building Fire Chipping Norton Fire & Rescue NSW crews responded to an automatic fire alarm and multiple 000 calls to a fire in a Storage King facility on Governor Macquarie Drive at Chipping Norton. Crews arrived to find a large fire spreading quickly through the facility, with fire jumping from storage unit to storage unit. Firefighters in breathing apparatus used power saws to cut their way into each unit and attack the fire, however continued to be forced back by numerous explosions and heavy fire conditions. The fire then spread into the large multi story self storage facility within the site. Firefighters worked with multiple hoselines, ground monitors, an aerial pumper and two ladder platforms to control the fire within the rear storage building, as well as extinguish the fire spreading into the multi story storage building. Crews set up several water relays with numerous pumpers from Newbridge Road, as well as using the on site hydrant booster system to increase pressure to the site’s ring main. Firefighters remained on scene into the night working to extinguish the fire.