A huge fire has broken out inside an e-bike store containing dozens of dangerous and volatile lithium ion batteries in Sydney’s Inner West.
Firefighters rushed to a two-storey warehouse on Elizabeth street in Croydon on Friday morning after reports a blaze had erupted just metres from homes.
Up to seven fire trucks and paramedics were dispatched to the scene as evacuated residents waited nervously outside their homes.
A petrol station is on one side of the building with homes on the other.
As of 6am, no person had been injured in the blaze. No one is believed to be inside the warehouse with nearby buildings evacuated as a precaution.
A fire at a commercial building in the city’s Inner West erupted early on Friday morning with firefighters desperately fighting to keep the blaze contained (stock image)
Firefighters were seen using aerial appliances (pictured) to shoot water down into the burning building in an effort to gain the upper-hand on the flames
Firefighters were seen using aerial appliances to shoot water down into the burning building in an effort to gain the upper-hand on the flames.
Residents in the Inner West have been told to steer clear of Elizabeth Street which is shut between Frederick and Edwin streets.
The warehouse has been deemed too dangerous for firefighters to enter.
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