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ALEXANDRIA | Update: #FRNSW have monitored atmospheric conditions and deemed safe, all workers allowed back onto site. Chemicals will be transported, and disposed of. @cityofsydney site handed back to owners. Well done to all emergency service crews on ground @FRNSW & @nswpolice View on X [external link]
WAHROONGA | #FRNSW on scene near bridge of M1 @krgcouncil. 3 car motor vehicle accident. @nswpolice closed road in both directions. @NSWAmbulance are assessing 2 people in the cars. @LiveTrafficSyd for further updates. View on X [external link]
ALEXANDRIA | #FRNSW are on scene in @cityofsydney area at a Hazmat Incident. 100pp have self evacuated from the Bourke Rd address when 2 chemicals were accidentally mixed. @FRNSW scientists are monitoring atmospheric conditions. View on X [external link]
A boat that went up in flames last night has now sunk in the Parramatta River in Sydney's inner west. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) received 30 individual Triple Zero (000) calls alerting crews to the emergency at 6pm last night. The... Learn more about the Boat sinks hours after catching fire at Rozelle.
CASULA | #FRNSW technical rescue crews are on scene at a 3 car motor vehicle accident where a 4WD has been pushed into a retaining wall. 1 male is being treated by @NSWAmbulance. @nswpolice are also on scene. View on X [external link]
ROZELLE | #FRNSW are on scene at the waters edge in @IWCouncil. Multiple 000 calls for a boat on fire 30m offshore. The vessel is not attached to a mooring. Please give way to emergency vehicles as they move along shore streets. View on X [external link]
MARAYLYA | Update: #FRNSW technical rescue crews successfully extricated driver from truck, who was then transported to hospital via @NSWAmbulance. Good job completed by all! @nswpolice and @NSWRFS crews also on scene View on X [external link]
MARAYLYA | #FRNSW is on scene at a motor vehicle accident in @TheHillsCouncil area. The driver has become trapped in the truck, and @FRNSW technical rescue crews are extricating the driver, while being treated and stabilised by @NSWAmbulance. Please drive with caution View on X [external link]
ANNANDALE | #FRNSW A major gas main ruptured in Johnstone St ealier today has been rendered safe by shutting off the supply. FFs used water sprays to disperse the gas to prevent any explosion and fire. FFs also used gas detectors to determine evacuations and exclusion zones. View on X [external link]
Three people, including a child, have died and three others have been seriously injured in a house fire in Sydney’s south-west this morning. Shortly after 5:30am, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a property well-alight at the intersection of Rottnest... Learn more about the Three people killed in house fire at Hinchinbrook.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and NSW Police will provide an update on a fatal house fire in Hinchinbrook in Sydney’s south-west this morning. WHEN: 11:45am TODAY (Sunday 24 July) WHERE: Cnr Rottnest Ave & Roxby Pl Hinchinbrook WHO: Megan Stiffler FRNSW Deputy Commissioner Det. Chief Insp. Allyson Fenwick NSW... Learn more about the MEDIA ALERT: Fatal house fire at Hinchinbrook.
HINCHINBROOK | #FRNSW working to contain a fire in a townhouse. A number of people have been rescued by FFs and are being worked on by @NSWAmbulance. 10 fire trucks in attendance. @nswpolice. View on X [external link]
MARAYONG | A fire has started in the kitchen of a home on marigold avenue. #FRNSW crews have control of the fire. @NSWAmbulance are treating a patient of scene for smoke inhalation. @nswpolice in attendance. @blacktowncc View on X [external link]
MINTO | #FRNSW crews are on scene at a townhouse alight on Porter Street. One male patient being treated on scene by @NSWAmbulance. @nswpolice are in attendance. @campbelltownnsw View on X [external link]
NEUTRAL BAY | Update 1 #FRNSW is lead agency for structural collapse response in NSW. USAR trained FFs stabilised & rendered site safe after truck crashed into the ground floor of this apartment block. All occupants allowed to return @NthSydCouncil @stephcookemp View on X [external link]
A truck has crashed into an apartment building in Neutral Bay on Sydney's Lower North Shore this afternoon. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews responded to the incident on Ben Boyd Road shortly after 2:30pm. On arrival, they discovered the vehicle had... Learn more about the Truck crashes into apartment building at Neutral Bay .
Firefighters are often seen as real-life superheroes – but Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews believe they might just have met their match. They will visit Bear Cottage this Sunday to present bravery medals to children confronted with life-limiting illnesses and... Learn more about the Firefighters to award ‘superhero’ sick kids at Bear Cottage at Manly.
NEUTRAL BAY | #FRNSW crews are on scene where a truck has collided with an apartment building on Ben Boyd Road. @NSWAmbulance are assisting with the driver. @nswpolice in attendance. @NthSydCouncil View on X [external link]
BUNDEENA | #FRNSW on scene at structure fire in Brighton St @SuthShireCncl. Fire crews were alerted by Automatic Fire Alarm system. On arrival, crews found fire may have extended into roof of building through ducting. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped evacuate more than two dozen people from the scene of a large fire today at Chatswood on Sydney's lower north shore. Flames engulfed two cars on the lower floor of a three-storey smash... Learn more about the More than two dozen evacuated from smash repairs fire at Chatswood.
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]
Further Information
- For flood information and warnings, visit the NSW State Emergency Service website [external link].
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