Residents living near the petrol station were forced to flee their homes.
“They were confronted by a huge, intense fire, threatening to spread to adjacent homes,” Fire and Rescue NSW said.Pair arrested over fatal shooting of notorious underworld figure“All the neighbours are running out, I didn’t see much, I didn’t look, there was too much heat,” one resident told reporters.Firefighters were called to the scene in Fairfield on Wednesday evening.Fire investigators are yet to determine the cause of the blaze.No one was injured.
They stopped the fire spreading to neighbouring homes and prevented the flames spreading to the service station’s fuel tanks. The scene remains taped off on Thursday morning, with fire investigators set to examine the scene in a bit to determine the cause of the blaze.
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