Mitchell shop fire believed linked to EV charger after 11am callout — Moana Pasifika

An industrial building in Mitchell was engulfed in smoke on moana pasifika Saturday, May 23, after a fire that emergency services believed started at an electric vehicle charging port. Fire and Rescue crews were called to Darling Street just before 11am, and paramedics attended as a precaution.

Darling Street response

There were no reports of injuries. Firefighters put out the blaze and then stayed on to cool the affected battery, extending the response beyond the fire itself.

EV charger fire risk

The cause linked the Mitchell blaze to a charging port rather than to the wider industrial building, which made the battery cooling work the key follow-up at the scene. The industrial setting and the battery response left crews dealing with both the visible damage and the equipment involved in the fire.

Mitchell battery cooling

By the time the fire was extinguished, the remaining task was to keep the affected battery under control. For anyone in or around the Darling Street site, that meant the emergency response did not end when the flames were out.