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ACACIA GARDENS | #FRNSW and @NSWRFS have extinguished a fire in the rear trailer of a truck carrying coal. All lanes on the M7 have reopened. Coal has been dumped on the side of the road during the firefighting operation to stop the fire spreading. @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
ACACIA GARDENS | #FRNSW firefighters working to extinguish a fire in a truck and trailer on the M7 just west of Sunnyholt Rd east bound. Truck is carrying a load of coal. @LiveTrafficSyd @2GB873 @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
ORAN PARK | #FRNSW firefighters working with @NSWAmbulance a worker who has fallen from one level to a lower level on a building site on Podium Way. @nswpolice on scene...Firefighters will pack the casualty into a rescue stretcher then lower to the ground using the on site crane. View on Twitter [external link]
KINGS PARK | Update 1 | this incident is on a property located on Tattersall Rd, #FRNSW rescue are on scene with @NSWAmbulance and @nswpolice one person with serious njuries. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
KINGS PARK | #FRNSW rescue trucks responding to reports of a serious crash on Sunnyholt Rd @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice @LiveTrafficSyd @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
LALOR PARK | #FRNSW has extinguished a fire in a home on Northcott Rd using 12 firefighters off three trucks. @NSWAmbulance assessing two people. @nswpolice attending. @BlacktownNews @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
LALOR PARK | #FRNSW working to contain a fire in a home on Northcote Rd. One lady and child evacuated and showing signs of smoke inhalation. @NSWAmbulance also responding with @nswpolice. @2GB873 View on Twitter [external link]
BLAIR ATHOL (Campbelltown) | #FRNSW firefighters assessing the stability of a home on Blair Athol Drive after a car crashed through a garage. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance also on scene, appears no persons injured. @campbelltownnsw View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are working to clear a spill of a highly dangerous chemical at Revesby, in Sydney's south-west. Firefighters were called to a transport business on Canterbury Road, near Mavis Street, around 10:30am, after a forklift pierced... Learn more about the Major Fire and Rescue NSW operation continues after chemical spill at Revesby.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have used hydraulic equipment to free two people from the wreckage of a truck crash this morning at Lidcombe in Sydney's west. Just before 6am, a small garbage truck was travelling along Joseph Street when... Learn more about the Firefighters free trapped pair after truck hits building at Lidcombe.
LIDCOMBE | #FRNSW firefighters and @NSWAmbulance paramedics have freed a man who was pinned in the garbage truck after it hit a building. @nswpolice will investigate. Man was conscious and responsive when released, now being transported to hospital by ambulance View on Twitter [external link]
LIDCOMBE | #FRNSW working to free a man trapped in the front of a carbage truck on Joseph Street. Truck hit a shop front. @NSWAmbulance stabilising the victim.@nswpolice @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
LIVERPOOL } #FRNSW have contained a fire in a home on Speed St. One male escorted out of home by firefighters and is now being assessed by @NSWAmbulance. @nswpolice in attendance. @Lpool_Council View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are battling a ruptured gas line that's caught alight at Bilgola, on Sydney's northern beaches. A road crew was carrying out works on Plateau Road around 9.45am when the line was ruptured and the... Learn more about the Fire crews battle burning gas line at Bilgola.
CATHERINE FIELD | #FRNSW assisting @NSWRFS at a fire involving a forklift and building type materials on Deepfields Rd. One person suffering burns @NSWAmbulance @CamdenCouncil View on Twitter [external link]
A man's been forced to jump to escape a fire on the top level of a two-storey unit complex at Taree, on the state's mid-north coast. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews responded to numerous Triple Zero (000) calls to a... Learn more about the Man jumps from burning unit complex at Taree .
BILGOLA | #FRNSW gas main and machinery fire on Plateau Road. Firefighters protecting the adjoining properties from the heat of the fire, can not extinguish fire until gas main has been turned off @nswpolice @LiveTrafficSyd @beachescouncil @Northshoretimes View on Twitter [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: With an increased risk of grass fires continuing across large parts of the state, the Bush Fire Danger Period is being extended in 44 local government areas across NSW. Fire Permits and notifications will still be required in these areas. More at #NSWRFS View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters today have rescued a man from his burning unit at Balmain, in Sydney's inner west. A neighbour called Triple Zero (000) after noticing smoke pouring from the second level of a three-storey complex on Nicholson... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters save man from burning unit at Balmain.
MUSWELLBROOK | #FRNSW are working to extinguish a house that is totally involved in fire on Wollombi Rd.. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance also on scene.. initial reports indicate house is unoccupied View on Twitter [external link]
TAREE | #FRNSW firefighters have taken 3 hours to extinguish a fire in a block of units on Ronald Rd. One person jumped from a second level to escape the blaze and has suffered an arm injury and has been transported by @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice View on Twitter [external link]
BALMAIN | #FRNSW firefighters have rescued a man from a unit fire on Nicholson St Balmain just afte 3:30. FFs provided initial emergency care until the arrival of @NSWAmbulance who have transported the rescued male. Fire is extinguished and being investigated. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has determined a faulty electrical appliance caused a fire in a mobile phone repair shop at Maroubra, in Sydney's east. The blaze broke out inside the business, on the ground level of an eight-storey building on... Learn more about the (REISSUE - UPDATED LINK) Fire and Rescue NSW experts identify cause of mobile phone repair shop fire at Maroubra.
MAROUBRA | Update 1 | #FRNSW has contained the fire in the shop under the residential apartment block on Anzac Pde. Approx 100 evacs, firefighters checking for fire spread, no injuries at the moment @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
MAROUBRA | #FRNSW shop on fire under a multi level residential building, approx 50 persons evacuated six fire trucks working the fire. @2GB873 @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
BINNA BURRA | Update 1 #FRNSW firefighters assisting @NSWAmbulance paramedics to free a driver from a truck that has crashed over an embankment on Binna Burra Rd. @nswpolice View on Twitter [external link]
BINNA BURRA | #FRNSW rescue unit from Brunswick Heads responding to a person trapped crash on Binna Burra Rd. FRNSW Bangalow and @NSWRFS also turning out with @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @LiveTrafficNSW View on Twitter [external link]
BINNA BURRA | #FRNSW rescue unit from Brunswick Heads responding to reports of a person trapped crash on Binna Burra Rd. FRNSW Bangalow and @rfsalso dispatched. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance View on Twitter [external link]
CARLINGFORD | #FRNSW rescue trucks on scene at Alexandra Pl where a car has crashed through the garage and finished in the rear yard. @NSWAmbulance currently treating driver, firefighters assessing and will make scene safe. @parracity @Parramatta_News View on Twitter [external link]
CAMBEWARRA | @ShoalhavenCC | #FRNSW firefighters have worked with other emergency services to free a person who was trapped in a vehicle after a crash on Moss Vale Rd. @NSWAmbulance @NSWRFS @nswpolice @LiveTrafficNSW View on Twitter [external link]
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