Update:
FIREFIGHTERS have managed to extinguish a blaze more than two hours after it broke out at a wrecking yard at Kooragang.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews were urgently called to the scene on Sandpiper Close just before 11am on Wednesday.
More than a dozen fire trucks were tasked to the scene, along with police officers and ambulance paramedics, after reports a metal shed, some cars and drums of oil were alight.
The fire was knocked down by 2.15pm on Wednesday, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson confirmed.
They said that while the smoke from a fire involving cars and oil may look "nasty", there was no ongoing threat after the blaze was extinguished.
Specialist fire investigators will head out to the scene to examine the potential causes of the fire.
The Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson said there were staff on-site at the wrecking yard at the time the flames erupted, but they all managed to evacuate safely and no one was seriously injured.
Ambulance paramedics treated one person at the scene and took them to a Newcastle hospital for further treatment.
Firefighters had to take an offensive stance against the fire when they first arrived, with three lines of hose at work just minutes after the emergency call for help.
It comes after Fire and Rescue NSW crews were called to a fierce blaze at a car wrecking yard on Sandpiper Close in Kooragang in July last year.
Earlier:
ONE PERSON has been taken to hospital after firefighters were called to a fierce blaze at a "wrecking yard" at Kooragang, north of Newcastle.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews rushed to respond to reports of a building fire on Sandpiper Close just after 11am.
"Crews [are] in an offensive firefighting mode, with three lines of hose at work," a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson said in an alert on Wednesday morning.
Police and ambulance paramedics are also at the scene at Kooragang, as firefighters work to control the flames.
An Ambulance NSW spokesperson confirmed there were seven people at the scene when the fire broke out, but only one was assessed by paramedics and none were seriously injured.
One person was taken to a Newcastle hospital by ambulance for further treatment, according to the spokesperson.
Witnesses reported seeing several fire trucks - as many as seven - responding to the emergency.
People should avoid the area as emergency services continue to work at the scene.
It comes after Fire and Rescue NSW crews were called to a fierce blaze at a car wrecking yard on Sandpiper Close in Kooragang in July last year.
More to come.
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