Two teenagers are assisting police with their inquiries after a major blaze destroyed a seven-storey heritage-listed building in Sydney's inner city.
The more-than-a-century-old former Henderson Hat factory on Randle Street, Surry Hills, was gutted by fire just after 4pm on Thursday.
At a press conference on Friday, NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Dunstan said a group of young people were seen running from the scene.