There was a significant police and emergency services presence on Industrial Drive overnight after reports of a fire at the Pacific National freight rail terminal at Mayfield.
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Several fire crews, as well as police and paramedics, were called to the scene where initial reports had suggested there may have been an explosion in a building there, though that was later confirmed to have not been the case.
Police established a command centre on the Pacific National campus and remained active there for several hours into the evening as firefighters worked to make safe the scene.
A police spokesperson told the Newcastle Herald late Wednesday night that the terminal had been evacuated and there were no reports of any injuries.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation Thursday morning, a spokesperson for the firefighters said.
Pacific National is Australia's largest private rail freight company and a leading steel and intermodal freight operator with terminals in major cities around the country.
The details of this report are developing. It will be updated.
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Sage Swinton
Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.
Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.
Simon McCarthy
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
