![Firies responded to a building fire at an abandoned warehouse near a service station in Taminda on Sunday, November 19. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth Firies responded to a building fire at an abandoned warehouse near a service station in Taminda on Sunday, November 19. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/200003594/41f56bc2-7fa0-4823-a11b-b8d0ddc32374.jpg/r0_0_1440_1080_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Police are investigating the cause of a fire that sent pillars of smoke out of an abandoned warehouse in Taminda on Sunday evening.
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At about 5pm on November 19, fire fighters responded to calls of smoke pouring out of an old freight transfer warehouse on Gunnedah Road, near the Shell service station.
"There were large volumes of black smoke issuing from the building, which prompted numerous triple-zero calls. The firies arrived and fire in a disused office space in the unoccupied freight terminal," Fire and Rescue NSW Northern Region Superintendent, Tom Cooper, told the Leader.
He said since the freight facility wasn't being used, no one was injured or harmed, and crews from Tamworth's south and central stations were able to subdue the blaze within about two hours.
![Fire fighters used three pumpers, one tanker, and one hazmat unit to quickly supress and put out the blaze. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth Fire fighters used three pumpers, one tanker, and one hazmat unit to quickly supress and put out the blaze. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/200003594/4f8a9e97-e6d7-47a9-9ca8-d9280ca2efe7.jpg/r0_0_1080_1440_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
"They knocked it on the head pretty quick, stopped it from spreading throughout the rest of the building," Superintendent Cooper said.
"We believe it may have been deliberately lit so we handed it to police."
![Several people called triple zero to report plumes of black smoke rising over the abandoned warehouse in Taminda on Sunday evening. Picture by Peter Hardin Several people called triple zero to report plumes of black smoke rising over the abandoned warehouse in Taminda on Sunday evening. Picture by Peter Hardin](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/200003594/fcaf9818-5d6a-46ab-8f9c-b16b9f3dca94.jpg/r0_0_8256_5504_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
NSW Police established a crime scene as soon as the firies cleared out, and say they're treating the cause of the fire as suspicious.
![The fire spread from the floor of the building up to the mezzanine, but was stopped from spreading any further. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth The fire spread from the floor of the building up to the mezzanine, but was stopped from spreading any further. Picture supplied by Fire and Rescue NSW Station 448 South Tamworth](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/200003594/ddb11077-4200-42d9-9327-cb58e99a1e10.jpg/r0_0_1080_1440_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, and the Leader was told Sunday was not the first time fire crews have been called to this building.
Anyone with information about the fire is urged to contact Tamworth police on 0267682999 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
![The outside of the warehouse has been vandalised, and a door has been smashed open. Picture by Peter Hardin The outside of the warehouse has been vandalised, and a door has been smashed open. Picture by Peter Hardin](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/200003594/0c607a20-addd-4ab5-9861-1fa8886b43ba.jpg/r0_0_8256_5504_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
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