00:02Toxic smoke streams from an industrial shed.
00:05A stockpile of more than 30,000 tonnes of sulphur burning inside,
00:10generating sulphur dioxide, a toxic gas,
00:14prompting an emergency evacuation for everyone within one kilometre.
00:18The warning was to grab your medication and your dogs or your pets and go.
00:22I smelt it a bit and I think my mum and my friend actually got a notification on their phones
00:26about it.
00:26It's kind of concerning considering just how the weather is and the lack of knowledge of what's going on.
00:33About 50 firefighters worked to smother the blaze,
00:36while two workers inside the shed were taken to hospital.
00:40One person was in a difficult situation having succumbed by the time they were found.
00:46Even those outside the exclusion zone were ordered to shut doors and windows,
00:50prompting businesses and a local school to close.
00:53Witnesses say the smoke made their eyes and skin itchy,
00:57others describing the thick white smoke as having a distinct barbecue-like smell.
01:02Here in the heart of Port Adelaide though, the plume is being disguised by the clouds here,
01:07almost concealing the major emergency response taking place just down the road.
01:12We don't have a cause of the fire yet, while it is still an active firefighting operation.
01:18The fire's been extinguished, but crews will remain on scene overnight.
01:23To be continued...
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