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Fires damage two workplaces

Firefighters are at a Welshpool fibreglass manufacturer that has been engulfed in flames.

A worker at the Radium Street business is understood to have been injured in the accident.

It is not known what sparked the fire just after 3pm but more than a dozen firefighters are trying to bring it under the control.

Crews are also at an oat supplier in Bibra Lake on Howson Way.

A grain hopper is understood to have been destroyed by fire.

Firefighters contain the blaze at Radium Street, Welshpool. Picture: Ben Crabtree/The West Australian