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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are leading a major clean-up effort after a truck crash near Yass in the Southern Tablelands. The B-double was carrying 20 litre drums of water-based paint and paint thinners, when it rolled onto its side... Learn more about the Paint mishap on major highway as truck rolls at Yass.
CHATSWOOD | #FRNSW on scene in McCabe Pl at car alight within smash repair. Large volumes of smoke have been reported. @WilloughbyCity area, please give way to responding emergency services @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a fire in a kebab shop this morning at Lidcombe in Sydney's west. FRNSW received multiple Triple Zero (000) calls to the fire in John Street, just before 6am. Crews from Lidcombe and... Learn more about the Kebab Shop Fire at Lidcombe.
LIDCOMBE | #FRNSW responded to multiple 000 calls this morning for a fire in @CumberlandSyd. Fire started in the kebab shop, residents on 2nd level were evacuated. FFs are currently ventilating both levels to clear smoke @nswpolice also on scene View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are battling a house fire at Chester Hill in Sydney's south-west, where a mother and her baby have been badly burned. The blaze broke out just before 1.45pm in the kitchen area of the Miles... Learn more about the Mother and baby burned in house fire at Chester Hill.
CHESTER HILL | #FRNSW FFs working to extinguish a fire at the rear of a home, @NSWAmbulance in attendance treating a female and an 8 month old baby for serious burns. @ourcbcity @nswpolice View on X [external link]
Four fire trucks in the New England region have been unveiled by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today with the addition of Indigenous artwork. Trucks from Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Quirindi and Werris Creek are all sporting the design created by local Indigenous... Learn more about the Indigenous artwork unveiled on New England's fleet of trucks at Quirindi.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Strike Teams have spent the last few days conducting clean-up and recovery work in the Hunter Valley in the wake of the July floods. FRNSW deployed Strike Teams of firefighters to the Hawkesbury, Central Coast and... Learn more about the FRNSW conducting flood recovery work in the Hunter at Raymond Terrace.
LURNEA | #FRNSW are on scene at garage alight in @Lpool_Council area. Crews have a working fire, caused by candle. @endeavourenergy are responding to shut off power to the residence. View on X [external link]
GRANVILLE | #FRNSW are on scene at a structure fire in @parracity. FFs have extinguished the blaze, and conducted a search of the property. No persons injured. @FRNSW are also on scene. View on X [external link]
WETHERILL PARK | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident near Cowpasture Rd , where a petrol tanker has left behind large amounts of fuel on roadway. #DriveSafe in the area @LiveTrafficSyd View on X [external link]
DURAL | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident at New Line Rd & Hastings Rd. 3 cars involved. @nswpolice are also on scene. Please #BeAware of emergency crews on roadways. @LiveTrafficSyd for further updates View on X [external link]
BLACKTOWN | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident in @blacktowncc area. A car has crashed into a house. Technical crews from Blacktown are assessing the damage to the house. #DriveSafe in changing conditions View on X [external link]
Eighty used cars will be crushed and cut open in Tamworth on 21-24 July – all in the name of reducing deaths on Australian roads. Crews from Australia and New Zealand will spend three days cutting ‘victims’ from the wrecks as... Learn more about the Australasian Rescue Challenge comes to Tamworth at Tamworth.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators believe an electrical fault in a battery-powered toy caused a large blaze last night in a Merrylands townhouse. A woman and two young children escaped the blaze, which broke out in Bowden Street just before... Learn more about the Faulty toy causes large house fire at Merrylands.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) will recognise the courageous actions of firefighters at a fatal house fire in Singleton in 2019. Crews from Singleton and Branxton responded to the emergency incident in the early hours of 26 June. Sadly, despite the... Learn more about the MEDIA ALERT: Firefighters recognised for courageous actions in Singleton fatal fire at Singleton.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is warning the public not to bring outdoor cookers and heaters indoors following a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incident this morning in Sydney's west. Six people, two children and four adults, were taken to hospital for... Learn more about the Outdoor heater warning after carbon monoxide incident at Merrylands.
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW attended a call early this morning in @CumberlandSyd. @NSWAmbulance requested assistance, after residents used charcoal type heater inside, and all occupants fallen asleep. 4 adults & 2 children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, and taken to hospital View on X [external link]
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW FFs working to stop a house that is totally involved in fire spreading to a neighbouring property @ Bowden St. @CumberlandSyd @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance ONLY WORKING SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES View on X [external link]
CHATSWOOD | #FRNSW are responding to reports of a structure fire on Victoria Ave. Multiple appliances are responding. Please give way to responding vehicles @nswpolice and @NSWAmbulance View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rushed to Bexley, in Sydney's south, where demolition machinery has crashed through a bank wall. The demolition work was being carried out at a site next to the Forest Road bank around 1pm today... Learn more about the Large hole smashed through bank wall at Bexley.
LOCATION HIDDEN | #FRNSW are on scene at a bank in @BaysideNSW, that has been structurally damaged from falling demolition concrete. 6 people have been evacuated. @nswpolice are on scene guarding the gaping hole in the wall View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Paul Baxter is pleading with the public to heed safety warnings after the deaths of 10 people in residential fires this winter, saying most of the tragedies were ‘preventable.’ The latest death occurred on Saturday... Learn more about the Appeal to stop winter fire deaths – Be Safe, Not Sorry at Sydney.
BASS HILL | #FRNSW are on scene at a 2 car motor vehicle accident in @ourcbcity. Crews are assisting driver who is still in vehicle. @nswpolice are diverting traffic. Please drive with caution in the area. View on X [external link]
The Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and the Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke will join Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Paul Baxter and a house fire survivor this morning as they address the media about the high number... Learn more about the Media Advisory - Appeal to stop winter fire deaths at Lakemba.
KIAMA | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a car has rolled over a cliff on Blowhole Point road & landed in the rock pool area. @NSWAmbulance treated a patient on scene for minor injuries. @nswpolice also on scene. View on X [external link]
A man is in a critical condition after a house fire overnight at Port Macquarie, on the state's mid-north coast. Crews from eight Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks battled the blaze in a single level home on the Oxley Highway... Learn more about the Man fighting for life after house fire at Port Macquarie.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal house fire this morning at Bankstown in Sydney's south-west. Seven fire trucks rushed to the Ogmore Circuit home around 6.30am and found flames and a large... Learn more about the Firefighters determining cause of fatal fire at Bankstown.
Two people have escaped an overnight house fire at Lakemba, in Sydney's south-west. Five Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks rushed to the blaze in Dennis Street, just after 11.30pm and found the brick home fully involved in flames. Two residents made... Learn more about the Two people escape house fire at Lakemba.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) have freed a driver trapped in the wreckage of a two-car collision today at Holsworthy, in Sydney's south-west. The crash occurred on Heathcote Road, just after 7am. One driver was injured and unable to escape the wreckage. Firefighters... Learn more about the Firefighters free trapped driver at Holsworthy.
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