The early morning blaze at Hunters Hill engulfed a Tesla and a Lamborghini parked in the garage.
And fireys are a crack outfit.
Engineers are expected to work into the night to stabilise the home with fears it could collapse onto adjoining properties.
Sustained showers will be a welcome addition to firefighting efforts in Queensland and NSW as baffled crews search for two stolen fire trucks and a Perth man was charged with lighting fires.
The Great Western Highway is partially closed after a blaze that took more than 100 firefighters to bring under control forced emergency services to close the road.
There has been a string of fires caused by faulty or misused e-bike chargers,with fire crews called to three incidents within 24 hours last week.
A wind change has brought relief to residents of a NSW Upper Hunter Valley town who had been in the line of an out-of-control bushfire.
NSW Police boat Nemesis crew to get an award for rescuing sailors from a yacht in brutal seas 1000km from Sydney a year ago.
The lithium-ion battery exploded in a room at the Mad Monkey hostel in Potts Point,injuring one man and forcing the evacuation of dozens of backpackers.
Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 50 more lithium-ion battery fires in the first eight months of this year than in all of 2022,with household items behind the incidents.
Firefighters were called to a parking lot at Sydney Airport as flames engulfed a luxury electric car before spreading to four other vehicles.