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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is warning the public that in most house fires this winter, toxic smoke is a more immediate threat to life than the flames.   Residential fires have claimed 13 lives in NSW so far this season, with... Learn more about the Check your alarms – smoke just as deadly as flames in a house fire at .

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are trying to determine the cause of a large blaze this morning in a Newcastle car wrecking yard. More than 24 fire trucks, including two aerial appliances, were dispatched to the scene in Sandpiper Drive... Learn more about the Wrecking yard destroyed by fire at Kooragang.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a car fire at Blackwall on the NSW Central Coast earlier this morning. A crew from Umina responded to the incident on Blackwall Road near the local boat ramp around 5.15 am. Upon arrival, firefighters... Learn more about the Car Fire at Blackwall.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a house fire in Manly Vale on Sydney's Northern Beaches today. FRNSW received a Triple Zero (000) call from a resident on a neighbouring balcony who could see large volumes of smoke coming from... Learn more about the House Fire at Manly Vale.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Hazardous Materials experts have rendered safe the scene of a chemical scare this afternoon at Alexandria in inner Sydney. Three FRNSW crews from Alexandria and Newtown fire stations rushed to an industrial property in Bourke Road... Learn more about the Firefighters declare 'all clear' on hazardous materials incident at Alexandria.

A boat that went up in flames last night has now sunk in the Parramatta River in Sydney's inner west. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) received 30 individual Triple Zero (000) calls alerting crews to the emergency at 6pm last night. The... Learn more about the Boat sinks hours after catching fire at Rozelle.

Three people, including a child, have died and three others have been seriously injured in a house fire in Sydney’s south-west this morning. Shortly after 5:30am, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a property well-alight at the intersection of Rottnest... Learn more about the Three people killed in house fire at Hinchinbrook.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rushed to Bexley, in Sydney's south, where demolition machinery has crashed through a bank wall. The demolition work was being carried out at a site next to the Forest Road bank around 1pm today... Learn more about the Large hole smashed through bank wall at Bexley.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Paul Baxter is pleading with the public to heed safety warnings after the deaths of 10 people in residential fires this winter, saying most of the tragedies were ‘preventable.’ The latest death occurred on Saturday... Learn more about the Appeal to stop winter fire deaths – Be Safe, Not Sorry at Sydney.

The Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and the Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke will join Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Paul Baxter and a house fire survivor this morning as they address the media about the high number... Learn more about the Media Advisory - Appeal to stop winter fire deaths at Lakemba.

A man is in a critical condition after a house fire overnight at Port Macquarie, on the state's mid-north coast. Crews from eight Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks battled the blaze in a single level home on the Oxley Highway... Learn more about the Man fighting for life after house fire at Port Macquarie.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal house fire this morning at Bankstown in Sydney's south-west. Seven fire trucks rushed to the Ogmore Circuit home around 6.30am and found flames and a large... Learn more about the Firefighters determining cause of fatal fire at Bankstown.

Two people have escaped an overnight house fire at Lakemba, in Sydney's south-west. Five Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks rushed to the blaze in Dennis Street, just after 11.30pm and found the brick home fully involved in flames. Two residents made... Learn more about the Two people escape house fire at Lakemba.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) have freed a driver trapped in the wreckage of a two-car collision today at Holsworthy, in Sydney's south-west. The crash occurred on Heathcote Road, just after 7am. One driver was injured and unable to escape the wreckage. Firefighters... Learn more about the Firefighters free trapped driver at Holsworthy.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators suspect a heater, possibly left too close to furniture and drying clothes, is responsible for a major unit fire this morning at Punchbowl, in Sydney's south-west. A woman living inside the unit leapt off the... Learn more about the Heater suspected of starting unit fire at Punchbowl.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a major house fire this morning at South Windsor, in Sydney's north-west. Flames engulfed the two-storey home in Mileham Street around 8.15am. Eight fire trucks rushed to the address and around 30 firefighters quickly... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish house fire at South Windsor.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has released a person trapped in a domestic lift in a small residential complex in Abbotsford. Firefighters arrived at the scene of the incident in Walton Crescent at 12.15 pm and found a lift technician with... Learn more about the Lift rescue at Abbotsford.