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00:00 I'm at Tamago site where we currently have an industrial site that has a bit of a heat issue.

00:08 We currently have about 15 firefighters on scene monitoring a plant that is overheated.

00:15 Normal operating temperature sits at around 700 degrees celsius but we're currently getting

00:19 temperature readings of 1200 degrees celsius. Firefighters are monitoring the atmosphere

00:24 and have got an exclusion zone 400 meters south around the plant. We are monitoring the scene and

00:30 we don't believe there's any risk to community safety but we do ask people to avoid the area

00:34 to avoid causing congestion. And there's no sort of smoke or other atmospheric issues you were saying?

00:42 Yeah we're constantly monitoring the atmosphere by use of our hazmat detectors and we currently

00:48 have zero readings which is great news for the community. Yeah this will we believe this will

00:52 be a protracted incident we haven't had many incidents like this before so firefighters will

00:56 be on scene for a considerable amount of time just monitoring the plant to ensure the safety

01:01 of the community and also the other people in the area. And you've got specialists from Fire and Rescue

01:06 and their organisation? Yeah so Fire and Rescue has our own scientific officer who's giving us advice

01:15 along with the engineers from the company itself and they're working together to provide us with

01:21 expert advice for how to make this incident safe.

01:24 [Sounds of a fire]

01:36 [Silence]