Fire huge proportions in Australia: the fire included a chemical industrial plant on the outskirts of the northern Australian city of Canberra. Hundreds of people were evacuated, roads, schools were closed because smoke, which has overgrown everything fosfagen may contain a toxic gas.Residents were awakened by a series of explosions and fire were seen projecting into the sky hundreds of feet, according to testimony obtained by journalists. "I woke up because my house shook. Initially I thought it was an earthquake. Then I thought we were bombarded," he told the Canberra Times Lucy Brown. People living within a radius of ten kilometers have been asked to stay home with windows closed. Roads were closed, as well as schools in the area, because the fire caused a huge cloud of smoke, which may contain fosfagen, a toxic gas that can cause skin irritation, eye and nose, said Emergency Services Authority .Chemical plant fire causes to this are not known yet, said a spokesman for Emergency Services Authority.
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