Derwent Industries: Derwent Park fire scorches manufacturer
TFS investigators are looking into the cause of an early-morning warehouse blaze in Hobart’s industrial north. Here’s what we know so far.
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Malfunctioning equipment has been blamed for a fire which damaged a Derwent Park warehouse early on Wednesday morning.
Crews from Hobart and Glenorchy attended the fire at foundry and manufacturing business Derwent Industries in Sunderland St.
Sunderland St was closed for a short time while the fire was extinguished.
An investigation determined the cause of the fire was accidental and related to a compressor malfunction.
A spokeswoman for Tasmania Fire Service said the fire caused minimal structural damage.
No injuries were reported.
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