Locals watch on in horror as massive blaze rips through a Mitre 10 on the Eyre Peninsula

An urgent ticker and enactment alert has been issued to locals successful a South Australian suburb aft a hardware store went up successful flames. 

Tumby Bay residents person been warned to stay indoors aft a occurrence broke retired astatine a Mitre 10 connected the Eyre Peninsula, 240km northwest of Adelaide, connected Saturday afternoon. 

Fire crews were called to the Spencer Street store astatine astir 3.20pm wherever they proceed to combat the blaze.  

Stunned shoppers were seen lasting by successful daze arsenic the ample flames poured from the extortion of the building. 

South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) issued an alert for a occurrence astatine a commercialized premises connected Spencer Street astatine 3.23pm. 

Daily Mail Australia understands exigency services volition stay astatine the country for immoderate time. 

Residents wrong the informing area, moving east-west from Trezise Street and Tumby Terrace and north-south betwixt North Terrace and Park Terrace person ben advised to instantly determination indoors. 

The Spencer Street hardware store has served the Tumby Bay assemblage since it opened successful 2006. 

For updates, cheque the CFS website astatine cfs.sa.gov.au oregon telephone the Information Hotline connected 1800 362 361.

More to come.