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MT DRUITT | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a two car crash on Carlisle Avenue. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today has unveiled its new-look, refurbished fire station at Coledale, in the state’s Illawarra, earning the resounding support of its local firefighters. After a $1.65m facelift, the station now has modern bathroom amenities, separate ‘clean’ and... Learn more about the ***Vision Alert*** - Crew gives a big ‘thumbs up’ to refurbished Coledale Fire Station at Coledale.
COLEDALE | ***Vision Alert*** - Crew gives a big thumbs up to refurbished Coledale Fire Station. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today has unveiled its new-look, refurbished fire station at Coledale, in the states Illawarra, earning the resoundin... View on Twitter [external link]
CONNELLS POINT | #FRNSW crews are on scene after a large gas main on Connells Point Road has ruptured. Roads are now closed in the immediate area with multiple properties also evacuated. View on Twitter [external link]
STRATHFIELD | #FRNSW crews are working to extinguish the load of a garbage truck after it caught fire. View on Twitter [external link]
SEVEN HILLS | #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a car fire on Foundry Road. Firefighters were able to stop a second car in close proximity from catching alight but it has been damaged by smoke and heat. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
RYDALMERE | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a two car crash, with one car crashing into a power pole on Victoria Road. Traffic is impacted in both directions. @parracity View on Twitter [external link]
WICKHAM | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a gas line has ruptured on Hannell St. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a fire which broke out in an industrial galvanising factory at Girraween, in Sydney's west, earlier today. More than 20 FRNSW appliances and 60 firefighters responded to the incident in Amax Avenue around 11.45am.... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Intense blaze at industrial galvanising factory at Girraween.
GIRRAWEEN | UPDATE #FRNSW crews have commenced firefighting operations at a large industrial building fire on Amax Avenue. More than 20 firetrucks have been responded to the fire. Multiple people have been evacuated from the area. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
GIRRAWEEN | #FRNSW crews are responding to a large building fire on Amax Avenue. A large column of black smoke is visible enroute. Further updates to follow. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
It was the purr-fect ending for an adventurous moggy in Meadowbank in Sydney's north west today. Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters were called to a residence in Constitution Road at 1.00pm after the owner reported the feline, "Vader", was stuck in... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Purr-fect ending for adventurous moggy at Meadowbank.
PADDINGTON | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a gas main has been ruptured during construction work on Oxford Street. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner, Jeremy Fewtrell, has expressed concern about the current winter cold snap gripping the state, warning the public not to take risks when trying to stay warm. Temperatures hit three degrees in Sydney’s south-west at 6.30... Learn more about the ***VISION ALERT*** Fire Commissioner urges safety during current NSW cold snap at Sydney.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has been called to a serious truck crash in Vineyard in Sydney's north west. Two semi-trailers collided head-on at the intersection of Chapman Road and Windsor Road just before 12.30pm. Five fire trucks and 20 firefighters arrived... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Fire engulfs two trucks following head-on collision at Vineyard.
VINEYARD | #FRNSW crews are now working to extinguish two trucks, both well alight after a two truck head on crash at the intersection of Windsor and Chapman Roads. A 200m exclusion zone is in place. View on Twitter [external link]
WINSTON HILLS | #FRNSW firefighters have quickly contained a kitchen fire, preventing the fire from spreading through a two-storey home on Jerome Avenue. @parracity View on Twitter [external link]
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW firefighters remain on scene after a car and truck crashed, knocking over a power pole and water meter on Woodville Road. Traffic is impacted. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
KIRRAWEE | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a truck has brought down powerlines on Monro Avenue. @SuthShireCncl View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is reminding travellers heading to and from the snowfields this winter to exercise patience and safety on the icy roads. The FRNSW crews of permanent firefighters, seconded to the Perisher Valley Fire Station for the next... Learn more about the ***VISION ALERT*** Firefighters urge safety in the snowfields this winter at Perisher Valley.
ROOTY HILL | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a car fire on Rooty Hill Road North. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
PRESTONS | #FRNSW crews are continuing firefighting operations at a factory fire on Kurrajong Road. Approximately 100 people have been evacuated from the site. @Lpool_Council View on Twitter [external link]
MONA VALE | #FRNSW firefighters are working to free a trapped occupant after a two car crash on Mona Vale Road. @beachescouncil View on Twitter [external link]
CHATSWOOD WEST | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after wires have come down on Delhi Road. A traffic contraflow has been established. @WilloughbyCity View on Twitter [external link]
A lithium-ion battery from an e-bike has caused a fire in a unit at Lethbridge Park in Sydney's west earlier today. Crews were called to the second floor unit in Hawaii Avenue just before 3.00am after reports of a blaze in... Learn more about the ***VISION ALERT*** Lithium-ion battery causes unit fire at Lethbridge Park.
SOUTH PENRITH | #FRNSW crews are on scene and working to free two trapped occupants after a car has crashed and flipped onto its roof. @penrithcouncil View on Twitter [external link]
Three people have escaped an intense house fire, started by furniture too close to a heater this afternoon at Doonside, in Sydney’s west. Seven Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews rushed to the single level home in Graham Street around 2.30pm. A... Learn more about the ***VISION ALERT*** Firefighters extinguish intense house fire at Doonside.
DOONSIDE | #FRNSW crews are on scene and working to extinguish a house that is well alight on Graham Street. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
MASCOT | #FRNSW firefighters have commenced firefighting operations at a unit fire on Maloney Street. @BaysideNSW View on Twitter [external link]
AUBURN | #FRNSW has extinguished the fire in a metal recycling warehouse with the assistance of heavy machinery. No injuries reported, approx. 10 evacs from the site. Not being treated as suspicious, site handed back to occupants. View on Twitter [external link]
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