Mastodawn

@cmconseils The back story: 24 Feb 2012, on the M4 Motorway west of Sydney near Penrith. The view is looking east. The smoke is from a Harvey Norman appliance store on the north side of the highway. A fire started in their loading dock and numerous LPG BBQ tanks were exploding. The actual Museum of fire has a 2022 brief about the event. https://www.museumoffire.net/single-post/10-years-since-the-harvey-norman-super-store-fire

NB: This is about 30km from my house and I drove past the fireground a few minutes before or after the photo was taken.

10 Years Since the Harvey Norman Super Store Fire

It was 10 years ago that a fire broke out in Harvey Norman in the Museum’s neighbouring suburb of Jamisontown.The Fire and Rescue NSW Sydney Communication Centre received an Automatic Fire Alarm to the Harvey Norman retail centre, Jamisontown, at 3:41p.m. on Friday 24th February, 2012. The centre contained warehouses, offices, retail areas and showrooms, and stood at about 16,300m2 in size.Initially, Pumper 102 Regentville and Aerial Pumper 86 Penrith were assigned to the call, but as more emerg

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