UPDATE: 100 firefighters on the scene. Scrap metal fire STILL rages in Sydney

Firefighters are in for a tough night as they battle a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Sydney’s west.

More than 100 firefighters are at Kings Park where the local industrial area has been evacuated.

Crews are working to protect an adjoining factory and car yard.

Superintendent Ian Krimmer said it was a difficult fire to attack and there was a long fight ahead.

“There are occasional explosions occurring from within that scrap yard,” he said.

“We do have a number of wrecked vehicles and this is contributing to the large amounts of black smoke that is coming from this fire.”

Source: Scrap metal fire rages in Sydney’s west, 100 firefighters on the scene – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)