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New NSW fire chief flags mental health focus and financial stability after recent turmoil

Jeremy Fewtrell says upcoming bushfire season will include ‘periods of really intense activity’ as he takes up commissioner role

The Guardian - AU

Wallsend fire being treated as suspicious

The fire is being treated as suspicious and Newcastle police are investigating how the blaze broke out.

Newcastle Herald

30 Residents Of A Syd High-Rise Apartment Were Evacuated After An E-Bike Battery Sparked A Fire

Earlier in the month, an e-bike battery exploded in a hostel at Potts Point.

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Emergency at high-tech energy plant stabilised

Firefighters and scientific experts have been called in to deal with a dangerous heat build-up at a NSW plant producing blocks that sit at temperatures of 600C.

AAP

Backpackers caught in suspected faulty e-bike battery explosion in Sydney hostel

One person injured and 70 evacuated during the Darlinghurst blaze which is believed to have been sparked by a lithium battery

The Guardian - AU

Fire destroys home at Belmont, five crews fight blaze

The blaze broke out at about 6.20pm - there was no-one inside the burning building.

Newcastle Herald

Firefighters extinguish machinery blaze at Eraring Power Station

Firefighters used carbon dioxide to monitor temperatures before rendering the scene safe.

Newcastle Herald

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Dozens of fire trucks, crews converge on mountain for huge burn-off

Flames lit up the night sky and smoke plumes rose over the mountain.

Newcastle Herald

Fire breaks out in fluro light at busy Newcastle shopping centre

The flames were swiftly doused, and no one was hurt.

Newcastle Herald

These girls are on fire: students learn what it takes to fight blazes

A crew of student firefighters rallied together to fight a fierce car fire.

Newcastle Herald

Fire investigators to comb scene after wrecking yard fire broke out

It took firefighters more than two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Newcastle Herald

Four escape unhurt as home goes up in flames at Greta

The home was extensively damaged.

Newcastle Herald

Man 'jumped from window' to escape e-scooter battery fire

It took firefighters almost two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Newcastle Herald

NSW warned of bushfire dangers as dry El Niño looms after ‘prolific’ vegetation growth

Rural Fire Service warns residents to get ready for upcoming season and not be complacent after three wet years

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Safety fears as Sydney Metro considers ‘squeezeways’ for emergency access on new train lines

80cm-wide walkways, proposed for Metro West and Western Sydney Airport lines, requires users to squeeze along the side of a train stuck in a tunnel

Newcastle Herald

Firefighters contain blaze which threatened homes at Heddon Greta

Firefighters have saved homes at Heddon Greta from a bushfire threatening to engulf the town.

Newcastle Herald

Burwood Inn clean-up begins as pub plans rebuild after fire

"I've been in pubs 40 years, but this is the first time we've had to do anything like this."

Newcastle Herald

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

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

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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."

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

Newcastle Herald

People freed from trapped elevator in Maitland shopping centre

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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