At around 3.41 am on Saturday morning, the States Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Service control centre received a 999 call for the large amount of smoke and it has also been reported that flames had been spreading along Rue de la Mare.
The blaze measured 250 x 50 metres wide and was spreading west when firefighters arrived at the scene.
By 4.30 am, firefighters had manage to extinguish the main fire but they remained on the site during the early hours of the morning to dampen down the area.
The Fire and Rescue service deployed two fire appliances and a water carrier from Rouge Bouillon headquarters and also a further fire engine of on-call firefighters from the Western Station.
Members of the public were asked to keep away from the area.
The cause of the fire is still unknown and is currently under investigation.
