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The Latest Breaking News from Fire and Rescue NSW

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

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The Guardian - AU

‘Incredibly lucky’ no one badly hurt, as Sydney fire probe begins

Fire investigators will comb through the wreckage of a huge fire that tore through two empty buildings in the Sydney CBD.

The New Daily

Massive fire engulfs multi-level building in inner Sydney

A multilevel apartment building has been evacuated in inner-city after a blaze broke out on Thursday afternoon.

The New Daily

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No return yet for evacuated residents after building shows cracks

Firefighters and police are at the scene of a renovation rescue after a large crack developed in the front wall of a Tighes Hill building.

Newcastle Herald

Substantial cracks appear on Tighes Hill home as Fire and Rescue NSW evacuates nearby residents

Wide cracks have appeared in the facade of a townhouse under renovation north of Sydney, with Fire and Rescue NSW establishing an exclusion zone around the area.

ABC News

Man burned in hay shed as firefighters work to control massive blaze

At least 20 firefighter crews and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter have rushed to the scene where a 68-year-old male has been burned.

Newcastle Herald

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".

AAP

Darling-Baaka River Menindee cleanup begins six days after mass fish kill

Locals live with the stink of rotting fish as millions of submerged carcasses raise concerns about water quality

The Guardian - AU

'You never like to see the other agency winning': firefighters in hot competition

Firefighters hit the hoses, scrambled up ladders and sprinted to the rescue to take out the top gong at the weekend's Regional Firefighter Championships.

Newcastle Herald

The Merewether carriageway at heart of Newcastle council stoush with developer

Council claims the right of carriageway has been removed and the development does not comply.

Newcastle Herald

Türkiye earthquake's 'utter destruction' recounted by Australian firefighter in search and rescue mission

Australian firefighter Natalie Tarrant is specially trained in search and rescue, but nothing could have prepared her for what she experienced when arriving in earthquake-devastated Türkiye.

ABC News

Chemical plant fire sparks major incident in Sydney

A chemical plant has caught fire in Sydney with fears one of its cooling tower might collapse onto stores of highly flammable hydrogen.

The New Daily

Australian search-and-rescue team finds 14 bodies in rubble left by Türkiye's earthquake

The team of 72 Australian specialists are coordinating international teams in the southern Hatay Province, where an estimated 103 people have been saved from the rubble.

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AAP

Australian crews join rescue mission in Turkish city

An Australian search and rescue crew hopes to replicate the rescues of two women and two children in the devastated Turkish city of Antakya.

ABC News

Concerns over growing number of fires linked to lithium-ion batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes

Hundreds of e-scooters and e-bikes are catching fire in Australian homes, and firefighters fear without better education and stringent regulations, things could turn fatal.

Newcastle Herald

Rail line reopens after grass fire at Wickham suspends all trains

The train line has reopened after a grass fire at Wickham saw all trains between Newcastle and Hamilton suspended on Saturday afternoon.

ABC News

Truck carrying 6 tonnes of aerosol cans engulfed by fire on Pacific Highway near Ballina

Aerosol cans "shot into the sky" as semi-trailer burns on the side of the Pacific Highway.

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Daily Mirror

Cow causes chaos and is centre of two separate firefighter dramas in space of 24 hours

No one has managed to figure out where the cow came from or who owns it but firefighters had to be called out twice to save it from various silly situations

Daily Mirror

Rampaging cow rescued twice in 24 hours by cops after breaking into a shopping centre

A cow needed rescued by cops twice in 24 hours after it broke into a shopping centre. The animal caused bedlam in New South Wales, Australia after the incident which happened earlier this week. It was discovered going on the rampage in a shopping

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.

AAP

Dozens evacuated amid Sydney gas fire

Dozens of residents were evacuated from two Sydney apartment blocks when a fire broke out at a northern beaches shopping area.

Newcastle Herald

Neighbouring homes under threat as blaze consumes house at Telarah

Fire and Rescue NSW has reported that eight trucks and approximately 30 fire fighters are working to contain a house fire at Telarah.

Newcastle Herald

Battery of lithium-ion blazes sparks firefighters' Christmas fears

Crews have responded to 180 lithium-ion battery fires so far this year compared to 16 in all of 2021, the firefighting authority has revealed.

The Canberra Times

B-double rolls on highway, spilling milk and closing lane

Emergency services were called to another truck rollover early Sunday.

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