News location:

Canberra Today 5°/10° | Monday, April 29, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

Barton bin blaze causes evacuation

AROUND 400 workers were evacuated from a Barton office building this afternoon after a blaze in an indoor garbage bin. 

Two fire pumpers helped to extinguish the fire, which caused heavy smoke logging to the building on National Circuit.

Firefighters say there was minimal damage.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.

Who can be trusted?

In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.

If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.

Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.

Become a supporter

Thank you,

Ian Meikle, editor

Share this

Leave a Reply

Related Posts

News

Worst to best, Qantas gets a bouquet

There's praise for Qantas and its reduced cancellations involving Canberra flights. The turnaround follows a very public campaign by Canberra Airport's CEO Stephen Byron who called for improvement by the airline.

Follow us on Instagram @canberracitynews