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RT @NSWRFS: WATCH AND ACT: Craigs Rd Fire, Curraweela (Upper Lachlan LGA) Monitor Conditions - Curraweela area of Craigs Road, Jerrong Road and Wombeyan Caves Road. Conditions have eased this evening and the spread of fire and fire activity has eased, although still active. #NSWRFS View on X [external link]
The Chipping Norton fire on Rickard Rd is contained. Its expected to burn overnight. A smoke plume over the area may sit low overnight due to a possible inversion layer. No evacuations are needed. Please ensure that windows, vents and doors are closed during the night and morning View on X [external link]
CHIPPING NORTON | Update 1 #FRNSW fire has escalated, 10 fire trucks now responding with approx 40 firefighters, large warehouse is totally involved. @nswp @NSWAmbulance @LiveTrafficSyd View on X [external link]
CHIPPING NORTON | #FRNSW has six with 24 working to contain a fire in a warehouse on Rickard St. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @LiveTrafficSyd View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNINGCraigs Rd Fire, Curraweela (Upper Lachlan LGA) The fire is burning quickly towards Wombeyan Caves Rd. If between Jerrong Rd and Wombeyan Caves Rd seek shelter as the fire approaches. It is too late to leave. #NSWRFS View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: The Craigs Road grass fire near Taralga is producing a lot of smoke. It's visible from the International Space Station and is blowing over Picton and Wollongoing. Smoke could settle in southern Sydney tonight. #nswrfs View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: If you’re in the Picton or Wollongong areas, you may be seeing and smelling smoke. It’s coming from the Craigs Road fire near Taralga. Please don’t call Triple Zero just to report smoke. Stay up to date on fires with the Hazards Near Me NSW app or #nswrfs View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: Emergency Warning: Craigs Rd Fire, CurraweelaFire is burning in the Curraweela area, spreading east. Properties in Craigs Rd, Taralga Rd and Old Station Creek Rd are being impacted. Residents should shelter now, it is too late to leave. #NSWRFS View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNINGCraigs Rd Fire, Curraweela Fast moving grass fire Curraweela area, north of Taralga. Impacting Taralga Rd, Jerrong Rd and Old Station Creek Rd. Seek shelter as the fire approaches. It is too late to leave. #NSWRFS View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: Watch and Act: Craigs Rd, Curraweela Firefighters are on scene of a grass fire burning 35km NE of Crookwell. The fire is burning to the east towards Craigs Rd. Residents in the area of Craigs Rd and Taralga Rd near Curraweela should prepare now. View on X [external link]
Firefighters have extinguished a bus on fire at Umina on the state's Central Coast. Two crews from the Umina Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) station rushed to Brisbane Avenue with Police and Ambulance paramedics around 8.45am and found the bus well... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish burning bus at Umina.
SMITHFIELD | Update 1 #FRNSW has decontaminated and rendered the site SAFE using specialist HAZMAT response firefighters and high end gas detectors. 3 persons transported to hosp by @NSWAmbulance. Area handed over to @nswpolice View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a hazardous materials incident at Smithfield in Sydney's west. A 29-year-old man is believed to have been mixing sulphuric acid and chlorine at a pipe manufacturing business in Woodpark Road... Learn more about the 12 people assessed during toxic gas incident at Smithfield.
CHERRYBROOK | #FRNSW Rescue working with @NSWAmbulance to release a person who is trapped in a vehicle on its side on Patricia Street and Purchase Rd. @nswpolice @HornsbyCouncil View on X [external link]
SMITHFIELD | specialist hazmat firefighters from #FRNSW at an industrial warehouse on Woodpark Rd investigating a chemical gas release. One worker transported, local evacuations from warehouse only. More to follow @NSWAmbulance @CumberlandSyd View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) veteran Robert Eckersley AFSM has hung up his firefighting helmet for the last time, 50 years to the day since he first started the job. Born and raised in Tamworth, in the state’s north-west, Rob’s passion... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW farewells 50-year firefighting veteran at Tamworth.
BLACKTOWN | Final Update | #FRNSW firefighters have siphoned out diesel from the trucks ruptured fuel tank into hazmat recovery bins. Large quantity of diesel has been absorbed, contractor and @blacktowncc in attendance @BlacktownNews View on X [external link]
Some of the state’s elite Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters will be ‘put under the pump’ this weekend when they compete in the first round of the 2023 Firefighting Championships at Swansea in the Lake Macquarie area. Eleven fire stations... Learn more about the Firefighters put to the test this weekend during regional championships at Swansea.
BLACKTOWN | Update 1 | #FRNSW hazardous spill of approx 200L diesel, firefighters have blocked drains, now working to absorb the contaminant. Spill is in Cobb Lane which is at the rear of shops @blacktowncc @BlacktownNews View on X [external link]
BLACMKTOWN | #FRNSW containing a hazardous spill of diesel on Cobb Lane which is at the rear of shops. Leak caused by a trucks ruptured fuel tank containing approx 200 litres...@blacktowncc @BlacktownNews View on X [external link]
Lilli Pilli | #FRNSW working to contained a fire in a two level home on Winnunga Rd. Firefighters using thermal image camera to check for fire extension into the roof void @SuthShireCncl View on X [external link]
COFFS HARBOUR | Update 1 | #FRNSW has ext the fire in a 2 level town house on West High Street (address changed). No persons found inside, firefighters now clearing the unit of toxic smoke before investigating where and how the fire started. @coffs_advocate @2HC_Coffs_Coast View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is investigating the cause of a large fire which destroyed a warehouse and forced the evacuation of homes in Sydney's inner west overnight. Forty firefighters and 10 fire trucks responded to the blaze in an electrical... Learn more about the Large Warehouse Fire at Homebush .
COFFS HARBOUR | #FRNSW working to contain a fire in a unit on Coramba Road with 14 firefighters on four fire trucks. @nswpolice and @NSWAmbulance also responding. @cityofcoffs @coffs_advocate @2HC_Coffs_Coast View on X [external link]
HOMEBUSH WEST| #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a fire in three industrial units on Parramatta Road. Fire trucks still on scene mopping up, fire is being investigated as normal procedure. Parramatta Road was closed... View on X [external link]
NEWCASTLE | Update 2 #FRNSW - fire extinguished on level two of a 10 level serviced apartment block. NO injuries, 45 persons evacuated, FFs cleared building of toxic smoke, occupants permitted back in to units.. @abcnewsNewcstle @newcastleherald @nswpolice @CityNewcastle View on X [external link]
NEWCASTLE | Update 1 - #FRNSW have contained the fire, building smoke logged, firefighters now using fans to clear the toxic smoke, two people evacuated. @abcnewsNewcstle @NewcastleCC View on X [external link]
NEWCASTLE | #FRNSW has seven fire trucks and approx 20 firefighters battling a blaze in a unit on Hunter St @NewcastleCC @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has joined forces with the State Emergency Service to assist the people of Cootamundra after the town suffered significant flash flooding overnight. Firefighters and SES crews began clean-up operations at 4:30am after more than 100mm of... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW assist the clean-up operation after severe flooding in Cootamundra at Cootamundra.
RT @NSWRFS: ADVICE: Church St Fire, Londonderry (Penrith LGA) #NSWRFS firefighters have conducted a backburn along Church St, Smeeton Rd & Tadmore Rd. Crews will remain for some time mopping up and blacking out. Stay up to date on Hazards Near Me app or View on X [external link]
Further Information
- For flood information and warnings, visit the NSW State Emergency Service website [external link].
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