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Explosion in Sydney apartment blows out brick wall and damages adjoining units

Cause of blast in Lidcombe unit unknown, with one person taken to hospital

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Sydney homes flooded after water pipeline bursts – as it happened

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Wild footage shows inferno swallow industrial shed at Kurri Kurri

Fire crews spent hours battling the intense blaze.

Newcastle Herald

Sydney Harbour water turns bright green after ‘bucket-full’ of dye gets into waterways

Locals say the water resembled ‘radioactive stuff you see in superhero movies’

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It's not easy being green, but harbour spill no concern

Residents have been more bemused than concerned by the vibrant green water in parts of Sydney Harbour, which authorities have determined to be non-toxic.

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Water In Sydney Harbour Looks Like Forbidden Green Gatorade Right Now & Can I Take A Sip?

“It boggles the mind,” said superintendent Adam Dewberry.

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Ten people taken to hospital after exposure to ‘toxic cloud’ of chemicals at Sydney pool

Six children and four adults suffered shortness of breath – probably caused by a mix of chlorine and hydrochloric acid

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Five cars destroyed at Sydney airport after luxury electric vehicle’s battery ignites

Lithium battery that was detached from car caused a fire that then spread to four others

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Wetherill Park house fire: Sydney home where elderly couple died did not have active smoke detectors

Man, 81, and 75-year-old woman pulled from home on Lily Street by firefighters but pair could not be revived

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Demolition underway at historic inner Sydney building destroyed by fire

Cadaver-detection dogs were used to search the rubble for any human remains after the demolition concludes.

ABC News

Lithium-ion batteries to blame for garbage truck, waste facility fires

Waste crews are dealing with up to four fires every week in trucks and at facilities, an industry body spokesperson says.

ABC News

Two children assisting police after Sydney blaze

Two children have handed themselves in to police after a massive fire destroyed a seven-storey building in inner Sydney.

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Nurses union fined $350,000 for West Australian strike; Rex Patrick loses FOI challenge – as it happened

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Central Sydney building engulfed in flames

The roof and walls of a large building in central Sydney have collapsed after being engulfed in flames.

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Sydney family escapes unharmed as their home collapses around them

A family has had a lucky escape after waking in fright as their south western Sydney home collapsed around them

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Home collapses as western Sydney family sleeps

A family has been lucky to escape after part of their Sydney home collapsed in what the NSW Fair Trading minister has called a "shocking incident".

ABC News

Family has lucky escape after house collapses in south-west Sydney while they were sleeping

Three people had a lucky escape in the early hours of Easter Friday morning after part of their south-west Sydney home collapsed.

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More than 50 firefighters battle large warehouse fire at Chipping Norton in Sydney's south west

The fire at the furniture warehouse at Chipping Norton is escalated to "fifth alarm" status and is expected to continue for hours.

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Fears tower collapse could cause 'significant fire and explosion' at Sydney chemical plant averted

Highly-flammable hydrogen gas stored next to a chemical plant in Sydney's south is safely removed after fears a cooling tower could collapse, causing a "significant fire and explosion".

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One person dead after fire tears through unit complex in Croydon, Sydney

Three people are taken to hospital and others are trapped as firefighters respond to reports of an "explosion" in an apartment building at Croydon on Monday morning.

Newcastle Herald

RADIATION RISK: Police call in EPA to help remove radioactive device from burnt-out car

An exclusion zone remains in place and the public have been urged to follow the directions of police and emergency services while HAZMAT crews conduct further testing.

ABC News

Cow gets lost in shopping centre, stuck in mud, during 24 hour emergency streak

Firefighters rescue a mischievous cow twice in 24 hours after the confused bovine made her way through a Western Sydney shopping centre.

Daily Mirror

Man crushed to death under tonnes of concrete in devastating school collapse

The body of the man remains under several tonnes of concrete and scaffolding while authorities work to remove him after the gruesome incident at a school in Sydney, Australia

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Sydney news: Spike in NSW house fire-related deaths preventable, says Fire and Rescue

MORNING BRIEFING: Ten people have died and 40 people have been injured in fire-related deaths with winter only at the halfway mark.

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