A major fire has ripped through Belvoir St Theatre’s set building workshop in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. The building at 126-134 Victoria Road caught light on Monday afternoon and at one point, as many as 80 firefighters were engaged in extinguishing a blaze that continued in to the night. Smoke from the blaze drifted widely across the Inner West.

Firefighting operations are continuing into Tuesday as fire crews deal with hotspots and work to make the structurally damaged site safe.

Belvoir St Theatre’s set building facility in Marrickville. The warehouse is not owned by Belvoir, but the company has rented the space since 2009. As well as being used for building sets it also serves as a storage facility. No-one was injured in the blaze, but tools, materials and archived set elements were lost to the fire.

As yet, there is no word on what effect – if any – the fire will have on the company’s next production, a revival of S. Shakthidharan & Eamon Flack’s The Jungle & the Sea, but the theatre company have said that it is “determined” to make sure it goes ahead.