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Dozens of fire trucks, crews converge on mountain for huge burn-off

Flames lit up the night sky and smoke plumes rose over the mountain.

Newcastle Herald

Fire breaks out in fluro light at busy Newcastle shopping centre

The flames were swiftly doused, and no one was hurt.

Newcastle Herald

These girls are on fire: students learn what it takes to fight blazes

A crew of student firefighters rallied together to fight a fierce car fire.

Newcastle Herald

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Fire investigators to comb scene after wrecking yard fire broke out

It took firefighters more than two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Newcastle Herald

Four escape unhurt as home goes up in flames at Greta

The home was extensively damaged.

Newcastle Herald

Man 'jumped from window' to escape e-scooter battery fire

It took firefighters almost two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Newcastle Herald

NSW warned of bushfire dangers as dry El Niño looms after ‘prolific’ vegetation growth

Rural Fire Service warns residents to get ready for upcoming season and not be complacent after three wet years

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Safety fears as Sydney Metro considers ‘squeezeways’ for emergency access on new train lines

80cm-wide walkways, proposed for Metro West and Western Sydney Airport lines, requires users to squeeze along the side of a train stuck in a tunnel

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Firefighters contain blaze which threatened homes at Heddon Greta

Firefighters have saved homes at Heddon Greta from a bushfire threatening to engulf the town.

Newcastle Herald

Burwood Inn clean-up begins as pub plans rebuild after fire

"I've been in pubs 40 years, but this is the first time we've had to do anything like this."

Newcastle Herald

'Everything we own is black': community rallies for housefire victims

'The family could only save what they had on.'

Newcastle Herald

Flames coming out of garage: neighbour tells of getting kids to safety

"Everything we own is burnt, covered in black and ruined."

Newcastle Herald

Local pubs offer work to Burwood Inn staff after devastating fire

"There's been an outpouring from the community of support."

Newcastle Herald

Mother dies in NSW house fire that hospitalised two children in Orange

Police say a man escaped the blaze but suffered burns when he tried to re-enter the property.

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Dogs to search for human remains after walls of fire-damaged Surry Hills building are demolished

Two people among 15 sleeping rough in the former hat factory the night before blaze remain unaccounted for, as crime scene officers prepare equipment

Newcastle Herald

People freed from trapped elevator in Maitland shopping centre

A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson said there were no reported injuries.

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Bridget McKenzie praises Victorian Nationals’ vote against Indigenous voice; third teenager comes forward over Surry Hills fire – as it happened

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Two children assisting police after Sydney blaze

Two children have handed themselves in to police after a massive fire destroyed a seven-storey building in inner Sydney.

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Nurses union fined $350,000 for West Australian strike; Rex Patrick loses FOI challenge – as it happened

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‘Incredibly lucky’ no one badly hurt, as Sydney fire probe begins

Fire investigators will comb through the wreckage of a huge fire that tore through two empty buildings in the Sydney CBD.

The New Daily

Massive fire engulfs multi-level building in inner Sydney

A multilevel apartment building has been evacuated in inner-city after a blaze broke out on Thursday afternoon.

Newcastle Herald

No return yet for evacuated residents after building shows cracks

Firefighters and police are at the scene of a renovation rescue after a large crack developed in the front wall of a Tighes Hill building.

ABC News

Substantial cracks appear on Tighes Hill home as Fire and Rescue NSW evacuates nearby residents

Wide cracks have appeared in the facade of a townhouse under renovation north of Sydney, with Fire and Rescue NSW establishing an exclusion zone around the area.

Newcastle Herald

Man burned in hay shed as firefighters work to control massive blaze

At least 20 firefighter crews and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter have rushed to the scene where a 68-year-old male has been burned.

The New Daily

Sydney family escapes unharmed as their home collapses around them

A family has had a lucky escape after waking in fright as their south western Sydney home collapsed around them

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