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.
Forever chemicals had been found at high levels in the dam which feeds into the drinking water supply to around 41,000 residents. Now authorities have stepped in.
Residents had been told to seek shelter as firefighters water bombed the out-of-control blaze near Liverpool.
Internal communications by Fire and Rescue NSW obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald show the passengers were stuck on the train for about half an hour.
Fire and rescue crews were called to Berrys Bay where a derelict boat was alight near the SS South Steyne,on which Queen Elizabeth II took a cruise in 1988.
The incident on Thursday at a new station in the central city will compound the problems besetting the $21.6 billion project after its opening was delayed.
The light rail line between Dulwich Hill and Central remains blocked at Pyrmont.
Fire and Rescue NSW vehicles protest with sirens blaring in Sydney