Fire & Rescue
Fire and Rescue NSW vehicles protest in Sydney
Fire and Rescue NSW vehicles protest with sirens blaring in Sydney
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Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach
Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach, which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.
- by Carrie Fellner
Residents reported gas leaks in months before townhouse explosion
More than 48 hours after the blast, Housing Minister Rose Jackson has yet to receive a full list of works carried out at the Whalan property.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Tragedy
‘We just watched it blow up’: Whalan victim was in kitchen when home exploded
Mhey Yumol Jasmin was in the kitchen of her mother’s unit when the building exploded. Police found her body on Monday morning.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Rescue efforts for missing woman continue after western Sydney townhouse explosion
Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman, believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Whalan townhouse that exploded on Saturday, is still alive.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Tragedy
Rescuers listening for sounds from rubble amid search for missing person
A townhouse in Whalan burst into flames in an explosion so loud it was heard in neighbouring suburbs, leaving at least six people injured and one unaccounted for.
- by Amber Schultz
‘You’re an idiot’: Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk
Despite falling into the ocean, being washed onto rocks and spending the night on a cliff ledge, a bushwalker in Royal National Park was lucky to walk away largely unscathed.
- by Josefine Ganko
ACCC issues warning over Lithium-ion batteries
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission issued a safety warning after yet another lithium-ion battery fire.
Emergency services pour concrete into sinkhole to shore up Sydney building
The 10-metre-wide hole opened up at an office block in an industrial park in Rockdale on Friday morning, at a site above the M6 tunnel construction.
- by Andrew Taylor
Sinkhole puts the brakes on a troubled motorway project
Construction on part of the $3 billion M6 motorway project has been brought to a sudden halt after a large hole opened up at the Rockdale site.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Jessica McSweeney
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Sydney asbestos crisis
Asbestos-ridden mulch may have been discovered in private homes
The NSW taskforce will assist the Environmental Protection Authority investigation into hundreds of sites across Sydney potentially contaminated by asbestos-ridden mulch.
- by Max Maddison and Jessica McSweeney