Investigators are looking into whether lithium e-bike batteries were the cause of a fire that led to 20 people evacuating a boarding house in Sydney’s inner west.
It once hosted the lavish nuptials of the former Auburn deputy mayor turned inmate. Now the spectacular Lidcombe home is the scene of a suspicious fire.
Firefighters arrived at the house in Blacktown to find it well alight and a man inside suffering burns.
A total fire ban is in place,with the city’s final scorcher for the year forecast for Friday. But a potential thunderstorm could dampen New Year’s Eve celebrations.
It could take 50 years to investigate all the potentially contaminated sites across Sydney and the rest of NSW,an inquiry has heard.
Hundreds of tonnes of wheat spilled into the Shoalhaven River on October 17,when two silos collapsed at the Manildra starch factory in Bomaderry,on the NSW South Coast. Vision:Fire and Rescue NSW
The man was spotted south of Newcastle at 6.30pm on Friday night,a day after he fell overboard from a cargo ship.
Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.
Emergency services were called to Lewis’ Continental Kitchen on Curlewis Street just after 4am to reports of a fire.
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.