1988 December: Kensington (Vic) United Transport Services Fire. My locationGet Directions The major emergency during the year was the chemical fire at United Transport Services (UTS) premises in Footscray Rood, Kensington. Over 3000 tonnes of chemicals, including plastics, and smaller volumes of hazardous material such as flammable liquids, herbicides and wood presrvatives were involved. http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1988-92No74.pdf