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Jack Gramenz and Luke Costin

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Burning rubbish found on road likely contains asbestos - The Untold Story

Someone dumped suspected asbestos on a road not far from the epicentre of Sydney's mulch crisis. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

More than five tonnes of burning rubbish suspected of containing potentially deadly asbestos found on a roadside in Sydney has been cleaned up as a council begins investigating how it got there.

The pile of construction waste was discovered about 11pm on Monday in Rossmore, on Sydney's southwestern fringe.

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