Police said a gas main supplying an air-conditioning
system at the two-storey International Business Centre caught alight, sending
flames up to five metres high.
After receiving an emergency call at 8.40pm, fire fighters
– including a crew in an aerial appliance – worked to keep the fire from
spreading to the building, which is part of the former Eveleigh Railway
Workshops.
Crew from gas company AGL attended soon after to cut off
the gas supply.
The building was spared major damage.
Photo: Steve Lunam – A gas main fire at the Australian Technology Park
at Redfern.