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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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [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 Twitter [external link]
WETHERILL PARK | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident near Cowpasture Rd , where a petrol tanker has left behind large amounts of fuel on roadway. #DriveSafe in the area @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
DURAL | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident at New Line Rd & Hastings Rd. 3 cars involved. @nswpolice are also on scene. Please #BeAware of emergency crews on roadways. @LiveTrafficSyd for further updates View on Twitter [external link]
BLACKTOWN | #FRNSW are on scene at a motor vehicle accident in @blacktowncc area. A car has crashed into a house. Technical crews from Blacktown are assessing the damage to the house. #DriveSafe in changing conditions View on Twitter [external link]
Eighty used cars will be crushed and cut open in Tamworth on 21-24 July – all in the name of reducing deaths on Australian roads. Crews from Australia and New Zealand will spend three days cutting ‘victims’ from the wrecks as... Learn more about the Australasian Rescue Challenge comes to Tamworth at Tamworth.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators believe an electrical fault in a battery-powered toy caused a large blaze last night in a Merrylands townhouse. A woman and two young children escaped the blaze, which broke out in Bowden Street just before... Learn more about the Faulty toy causes large house fire at Merrylands.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) will recognise the courageous actions of firefighters at a fatal house fire in Singleton in 2019. Crews from Singleton and Branxton responded to the emergency incident in the early hours of 26 June. Sadly, despite the... Learn more about the MEDIA ALERT: Firefighters recognised for courageous actions in Singleton fatal fire at Singleton.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is warning the public not to bring outdoor cookers and heaters indoors following a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incident this morning in Sydney's west. Six people, two children and four adults, were taken to hospital for... Learn more about the Outdoor heater warning after carbon monoxide incident at Merrylands.
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW attended a call early this morning in @CumberlandSyd. @NSWAmbulance requested assistance, after residents used charcoal type heater inside, and all occupants fallen asleep. 4 adults & 2 children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, and taken to hospital View on Twitter [external link]
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW FFs working to stop a house that is totally involved in fire spreading to a neighbouring property @ Bowden St. @CumberlandSyd @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance ONLY WORKING SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES View on Twitter [external link]
CHATSWOOD | #FRNSW are responding to reports of a structure fire on Victoria Ave. Multiple appliances are responding. Please give way to responding vehicles @nswpolice and @NSWAmbulance View on Twitter [external link]
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