SECURITY staff at the Christmas Island detention centre intervened to break up two brawling groups of detainees, the Department of Immigration has confirmed.
The disturbance broke out on Sunday evening in a section of the detention centre that houses asylum seeker families and Indonesian crew members.
An immigration department spokeswoman said two groups housed in the Aqua and Lilac section of the centre became involved in the brawl and had to be separated by security staff.
"Serco was quickly able to separate the parties involved and the good order of the centre was restored," the department said.
No children were in the area where the disturbance occurred.
ABC reported the centre was locked down for a short time and said several detainees needed medical treatment onsite for injuries, although the department was unable to confirm this.
The spokeswoman said the section of the centre housing the brawling detainees was "tight" for space, but was coping.
Tents are sometimes used to house detainees arriving at the island, more than 1500km off the coast of Western Australia, as overflow from the main facility.
Last week, it was revealed services company Serco last year sent three messages to the immigration department warning of the threat of violence at the island's detention centre.
Serco warned that tents could be used "as a source of weapons and a target for arson".
It advised the use of tents "as alternative or emergency accommodation should be reconsidered and an alternative sought".
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