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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have dealt with a Hazardous Materials emergency at a large supermarket this morning at Boolaroo in Newcastle. A gas leak occurred in the refrigeration area of the delicatessen section of the store in Cressy Road,... Learn more about the Hazardous Materials Incident at Boolaroo.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have contained a fuel emergency this morning at Albion Park Rail, near Wollongong. A B-double truck, parked at a Princes Highway service station, suffered a ruptured fuel tank, creating a Hazardous Materials incident. Fire crews bunded... Learn more about the Hazardous Material Incident at Albion Park Rail.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped rescue a farmer whose fingers became stuck under a tractor plough near Coonamble in the state's Central West. Around 2:30pm yesterday, a fire crew was dispatched to a farming property, 35 kilometres west... Learn more about the Farmer rescued at Coonamble.

Firefighters have saved two elderly people trapped in their cars by rising floodwaters at Campbelltown in Sydney's south-west. Just before 10pm last night, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews deployed to Menangle Road where they found three cars in floodwaters, with... Learn more about the Elderly couple rescued just in time at Campbelltown.

Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) is urging residents to be extra cautious of waterlogged areas after multiple landslides occurred across Greater Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains today. Firefighters established exclusion zones at a landslide that blocked the... Learn more about the Multiple landslides at Emu Heights.

A dog that spent three days stuck up a tree in the Lismore floodwaters, before being rescued by firefighters, has been reunited with her family. "Winnie," the Bull Mastiff cross, let out a whimper last Wednesday as she lay entangled in... Learn more about the Dog stuck up tree - Update at Lismore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has contained a large building fire at Forbes in the state's Central West this afternoon. More than 25 firefighters have knocked down the fire in the Spotlight store in Lamb Street. The neighbouring Bunnings Warehouse and a... Learn more about the Shopping Complex Fire at Forbes.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Hazardous Materials teams are at the scene of a major gas emergency at South Lismore, in the Northern Rivers flood zone. The floodwaters have compromised materials stored at an Agricultural Supply business in Kruss Avenue. The water... Learn more about the Flood zone HAZMAT operation at South Lismore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of an explosion at a home in Mount Kuring-Gai in Sydney's northern suburbs. Emergency services arrived at the Low Street home just before 10am and treated a 50-year-old woman, with burns... Learn more about the Explosion at Mount Kuring-Gai.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a major landslide, caused by intense rainfall, at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains. Fire crews have put exclusion zones in place around the scene in Gang Gang Street, as the... Learn more about the Major Landslide at Katoomba.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is investigating the cause of a house fire yesterday at Tascott on the state's Central Coast. Six fire trucks arrived in Bluefish Crescent just after 3.30pm and found the two-storey house well alight. Firefighters entered the home... Learn more about the House Fire at Tascott.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has responded to a three-car crash which has caused major traffic disruptions on the Sydney Harbour Bridge this morning. The incident happened just before 7.15am. One car flipped onto its roof and caught alight. Fire crews have extinguished... Learn more about the 3 Car Crash on Harbour Bridge at Sydney.

Following the destructive floods occurring across the state, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is warning the community against the incorrect use of fuel-powered equipment. Fuel-powered equipment can include generators or pumps that have an exhaust pipe. The exhaust fumes from... Learn more about the FRNSW warns against using generators inside homes-Video message at Flood-affected areas in NSW.

Emergency service crews have had a major breakthrough, reaching the isolated Northern Rivers town of Coraki, which has been cut off by road for four days. A convoy of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) vehicles, including "In-Water" rescue teams, assigned to... Learn more about the FRNSW breaks through to Coraki at Coraki.

More than 50 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters are currently battling a blaze in a service station at Belmore in Sydney's south-west. Numerous Triple Zero (000) calls were received about an explosion and fire at the service station on Canterbury... Learn more about the Fire at Belmore service station at Belmore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is continuing operations at the Old Wool Store buildings at Wickham in Newcastle which were completely destroyed by a massive fire on Tuesday. The fire was the largest emergency incident in Newcastle since the earthquake... Learn more about the Wickham update - demolition works underway at .

For the first time in a flood emergency, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), or drones, as reconnaissance units to assess floodwater hazards and warn "In-water" rescue teams. FRNSW has deployed "In-water" rescue teams to... Learn more about the Drones used to recon floodwaters at Lismore.

You may have heard of firefighters rescuing cats up trees...but a dog?! Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews in the flood zone at Lismore have saved a dog, trapped in a tree for three days. Crews from Lismore fire station were dealing... Learn more about the Dog stuck up tree at Lismore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a fire in a factory at Port Kembla, on the state's south coast. The fire is in a large metal processing area of the factory on Springhill Road. Fire crews, in... Learn more about the Factory Fire at Port Kembla.

A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew, cut off by floodwaters at Coraki in the Northern Rivers district, has saved the life of a person suffering a heart attack. The crew was on duty at the Fire Station in Adams Street... Learn more about the Coraki rescue at Coraki.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are attending a hazardous materials incident at a waste transfer station at Eastern Creek in western Sydney. Numerous NSW Ambulances are en-route to the premises in Kangaroo Avenue where 16 workers have been affected by... Learn more about the Hazardous Materials Incident at Eastern Creek.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have overcome floodwaters to carry out a rescue of a furry kind at Wallacia, in Sydney's west. Just before midday today, Teddy, the Irish Wolfhound, was having life-threatening complications after an operation a few days... Learn more about the Teddy the Dog Rescued at Wallacia.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews, working with State Emergency Service and NSW Ambulance paramedics, have rescued three people and seven puppies, trapped in rugged terrain in floodwaters, 50km from Casino. The joint team was deployed to reach a seriously traumatised... Learn more about the Puppies and baby saved from floods at Casino.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have provided medical treatment to a resident after his garage caught fire overnight at Mayfield, in Newcastle. The crews arrived at the Wyvern Street home just after midnight and discovered the garage at the rear... Learn more about the Man injured in garage fire at Mayfield.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped rescue a man whose leg was impaled on a fence last night at Strathfield in Sydney. The man was scaling the 2.5m fence just before 7pm when he slipped. FRNSW Rescue crews from Burwood... Learn more about the Impaled man rescued from fence I/V at Strathfield.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a semi-trailer fire that blocked part of the Hume Highway overnight, north of Gunning in the state's southern highlands. Both trailers of the B-double caught fire just around 1am. The driver managed to... Learn more about the B-Double Fire at Gunning.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews working in the flood zones at South Lismore today have contained dangerous leaks at a fuel storage facility. Crews attended the property in Elliott Road just after midday and were confronted by leaks from two... Learn more about the Large fuel emergency at South Lismore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has begun relieving its strike teams of "In-water" rescue experts after several days of exhaustive rescues and evacuations in the north coast flood zones. Three strike teams, assigned to the State Emergency Service-led flood response, are... Learn more about the FRNSW flood response continues at NSW East Coast.

Two large storage warehouses, still burning after a massive fire in Newcastle yesterday, are still too dangerous for firefighters to attack from within for fear of a major collapse. Firefighters are working with structural engineers to determine how to safely access... Learn more about the Wickham update - Drone footage at Wickham, Newcastle.

Two large storage buildings, gutted by a massive fire yesterday in Newcastle, are at significant risk of collapse. More than 100 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters attacked the blaze after it broke out around 2.30pm in a four-storey former woolshed... Learn more about the Destroyed Wickham buildings threatening to collapse at Wickham.