<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 60 firefighters and 20 fire trucks have worked to contain a blaze at a timber flooring factory in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to the fire at Claremont Avenue in Greenacre just before 3pm today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An exclusion zone has been set up and motorists are urged to avoid the area.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-alleged-group-of-suspected-contract-killers-arrested-after-police-stop-taxi/8eeff560-1e61-47f8-a998-0513b498c35a"><strong><span>Six men arrested after loaded guns found in car were 'contract killers', police say</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire and Rescue NSW Adam Dewberry said there were no reports of injuries, but due to the intensity of the blaze, it spread to adjoining businesses, the exact damage is still unknown as the fire is still smouldering.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have property at risk on the side and to the rear of the property," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've had roof and some wall collapse."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/greenacre-fire-sydney-firefighters-called-to-factory-blaze/74d71c28-776e-44fd-9b1f-f568b48ac1a2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One of the complexities with this particular operation was not only the fuel loading being furniture and timber, (but also) the difficulty in getting significant water up into the fire trucks and onto the water," Dewberry said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Fire and Rescue New South Wales had to pump water from a distance in other streets of other big mains to get enough water on the fire."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police and NSW Ambulance paramedics were also at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People are being urged to avoid the area and keep any doors and windows closed if they live nearby.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The cause of the blaze remains unknown.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>

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