Firefighters standing on top verandas during the Para Rubber fire.
Firefighters standing on top verandas during the Para Rubber fire.
Firefighters standing atop verandas and existing fire escapes with fire hoses, whilst smoke billows from the upper floors of the building. Power lines run alongside and towards the building. In the left of the photo there appears to be a number of spectators watching from the roof top of a building close by.
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