Aerial view of solar plant chemical fire in Forbes. Photo: Fire and Rescue NSW/Twitter.
A chemical fire at a solar plant near Forbes, in central New South Wales, which started on Saturday continues to burn.
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Fire and Rescue New South Wales were called to the incident shortly before 10am on Saturday morning after an explosion started a fire.
Fairfax Media understands the fire is under a 120,000 litre tank containing sodium.
Fire crews set up a 500-metre exclusion zone with police evacuating nearby homes as a precaution.
By Sunday afternoon, Fire and Rescue NSW tweeted the blaze was 95 per cent under control.
