B-Double fire at Callington - 20 October 2021

At 7:44 this evening CFS were alerted to a B-Double on fire on the South Eastern Freeway at Callington. Eight CFS trucks and 30 firefighters responded to the call, and on arrival they found the truck fully engulfed in flames. Multiple explosions occurred due to the contents on the trailers, which were both fully destroyed by the fire.

During the firefighting operations a CFS officer was injured and transported to hospital. 

2021-10-20 Belinda Mosby