Firefighters from four stations were deployed to fight a fire at a Hobart Catholic school, with a “high fuel load on cars, engine components and wood” making firefighting efforts more difficult.
Key points:
- Firefighters were called to the school on Monday afternoon, where the vocational training center was on fire.
- Cars and other things complicated the firefighting
- The damage is already estimated as “multi-million”
The fire, at Guilford Young College, in Glenorchy north of Hobart, sent a plume of steam into the air, which issued a smoke alarm for the area.
A spokesman for the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) said the college’s trade and training center was well lit when crews arrived on Monday afternoon.
TFS said there was “significant damage to the building”, with crews from Hobart, Glenorchy, Bridgewater and Clarence, along with an “air force”, engaged in the operation.
TFS Regional Chief Jeremy Smith said crews were called to the fire at 4:20 p.m.
“The building has a high fuel load of cars, engine components, wood stacked throughout the building,” he said.
Mr Smith said the crews also “fought to get enough water” to fight the fire.
Mr Smith said a firefighter had been treated for heat stress, but added that there were no other injuries to report.
He said residents of the area should be careful because of the fumes in the area.
He put the initial estimate of the damage as “multi-millions” of dollars.
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