Both limbs of Griffith's firefighting services were called into action on Monday to extinguish a trailer fire near Hanwood.
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Griffith 311 Fire and Rescue and Hanwood RFS firefighters were called in to extinguish 20 tonnes of charcoal which was smouldering in a detached semi-trailer along Kidman Way near Hanwood on Monday afternoon.
Two Fire and Rescue trucks and one RFS truck were called to the fire, with crews working to contain the fire and reduce the damage to the goods and the trailer.
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Crews worked with a forklift to pull the goods out of the trailer before working to contain any smouldering goods.
The semi-trailer suffered slight damage as a result of the fire, while the entirety of the charcoal goods were also checked for damage.
A RFS spokesman said the total goods were estimated to be worth $25,000, but at least half of the goods were safely recovered.
Crews were in action at the site for just over an hour.
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