Narrabri Fire and Rescue crews have been called to four incidents over the past 24 hours in Narrabri.
This morning a grass fire began on Boundary Street after a bird tangled itself in power lines, caught fire and fell to the ground, sparking a grass fire.
The blaze was extinguished by firefighters who had earlier responded to a triple zero call from staff at Coles.
Firefighters arrived on scene just after 7am and were confronted by smoke coming from inside the supermarket.
“As we arrived in the back car park about 10 to 12 staff had self evacuated from the premises,” said Narrabri Fire and Rescue Station Commander Shane Bradford.
“It was quite noticeable we had moderate smoke in the building, so we called for an additional fire appliance and staff.
“We had two breathing apparatus crews go through the entire shop to try to ascertain where the smoke was coming from.
“Because of the amount of smoke it took about an hour to establish what was going on.”
Fire crews believe the smoke originated from the supermarket’s air conditioning system, refrigeration mechanics were called to investigate the situation further.
Yesterday, crews were called to two separate reports of fire in Narrabri.
A grass fire was reported by a passer by at the low level bridge.
An area of 30 metres by 20 metres was burnt down to the river bank. One crew responded, but firefighters are unsure as to how the fire started.
And yesterday afternoon multiple crews were called to Maitland Street after a fire alarm began in the Best Employment building.
People in the building had self evacuated when crews arrived on scene around 2.30pm.
“An indicator told us the fire was in the roof, so we had to put two breathing apparatus crews into the vent of the ceiling,” said Mr Bradford.
“We had 16 firefighters in total due to the fact that when we measured the heat inside the ceiling it was 75 degrees, and with firefighters wearing two sets of protective uniforms it would’ve been around 85 to 90 degrees for them.
“So every five minutes they were physically exhausted, so we rotated them quite regularly because of the dehydration.”
Crews did not find any trace of smoke or fire, and it’s believed the alarm was triggered from the heat of the day and the high humidity.
Yesterday it reached 41 degrees in Narrabri.
“We don’t take any risks, so we spent about an hour in the ceiling to make sure we didn’t have anything burning there,” said Mr
Bradford.