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'Everything we own is black': community rallies for housefire victims

'The family could only save what they had on.'

Newcastle Herald

Flames coming out of garage: neighbour tells of getting kids to safety

"Everything we own is burnt, covered in black and ruined."

Newcastle Herald

Local pubs offer work to Burwood Inn staff after devastating fire

"There's been an outpouring from the community of support."

Newcastle Herald

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Mother dies in NSW house fire that hospitalised two children in Orange

Police say a man escaped the blaze but suffered burns when he tried to re-enter the property.

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Dogs to search for human remains after walls of fire-damaged Surry Hills building are demolished

Two people among 15 sleeping rough in the former hat factory the night before blaze remain unaccounted for, as crime scene officers prepare equipment

The Guardian - AU

People freed from trapped elevator in Maitland shopping centre

A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson said there were no reported injuries.

Newcastle Herald

Bridget McKenzie praises Victorian Nationals’ vote against Indigenous voice; third teenager comes forward over Surry Hills fire – as it happened

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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.

The New Daily

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

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‘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

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

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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".

The Guardian - AU

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

Newcastle Herald

'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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

The New Daily

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.

ABC News

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.

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.

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