News Story
Last night's alarm at BOC Gases in Penrose resulted in emergency measures which closed the roads and forced evacuations in the area. Irregularities in BOC's processing plant on Great South Road led to a situation where an explosion may have occurred. Firefighters ordered the area cleared. Members closed busy Great South Road at Church Street and at Sylvia Park Road and helped evacuate premises within 500 metres of BOC's plant. It's in the Penrose industrial district so employees from factories, warehouses and trucking companies who normally work around the clock were interrupted when they were suddenly evacuated. The emergency ended around 10.15pm when BOC staff members and firefighters found processing equipment in the plant had cooled and was declared safe. In addition to maintaining scene safety and road closures, members took the mobile canteen which provided refreshments to emergency workers and to those evacuated from their workplaces.
