Fire destroys Oatley family’s luxury yacht in Sydney

Fire destroys Oatley family’s luxury yacht in Sydney

Firefighters arrived to find the yacht engulfed in flames that threatened to spread to other luxury vessels.

  • byMegan Gorrey

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Man found dead in unit after inner Sydney apartment blaze

Man found dead in unit after inner Sydney apartment blaze

The body of a man believed to be in his 60s was found at a top-level unit after a fire broke out at an inner Sydney apartment block.

  • byOlivia Ireland,Sarah Keoghan andPerry Duffin
Man dies in Sydney house fire after rushing upstairs with extinguisher
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Man dies in Sydney house fire after rushing upstairs with extinguisher

The 54-year-old man was pulled from the home in Punchbowl on Saturday night,after a blaze which may have been caused by lithium batteries.

  • bySarah McPhee
Yacht fire causes $3 million worth of damage at northern beaches marina

Yacht fire causes $3 million worth of damage at northern beaches marina

Fire and Rescue NSW,Water Police and the Rural Fire Service worked to put out the blaze that destroyed three boats,with authorities now investigating its cause.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Mass rescue from rip at Sydney beach

Mass rescue from rip at Sydney beach

Emergency services were called to North Curl Curl Beach on Sunday and performed CPR on one man before transporting him to hospital.

  • byBen Cubby
Calf no longer a stick in the mud thanks to team of firefighters

Calf no longer a stick in the mud thanks to team of firefighters

Fire crews spent two hours rescuing the cow trapped neck-deep in mud in Sydney’s west.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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Sacked fire chief was investigated over corruption claim

Sacked fire chief was investigated over corruption claim

Fire and Rescue NSW investigated Paul Baxter in 2021 after ICAC received an anonymous complaint alleging he had breached government procurement rules.

  • byMax Maddison
NSW Fire&Rescue commissioner dumped by minister

NSW Fire&Rescue commissioner dumped by minister

Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib said the government wanted to address organisational spending after Paul Baxter’s contract was ended.

  • byMax Maddison
Forty firefighters extinguish Greenacre blaze producing toxic smoke

Forty firefighters extinguish Greenacre blaze producing toxic smoke

Residents in a south-western Sydney suburb were warned to stay indoors to avoid toxic smoke from a fire in a scrap metal yard,as 40 firefighters battled the blaze.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Elderly couple killed in Sydney house fire despite desperate rescue efforts

Elderly couple killed in Sydney house fire despite desperate rescue efforts

Neighbours attempted to rescue the 81-year-old Orisil Arispe and a 75-year-old Sonia Arispe but were unable to get into the Wetherill Park property due to the extreme heat.

  • bySarah Keoghan
‘We can’t get out’:Vision shows detainees jumping from window after fire breaks out at Sydney detention centre

‘We can’t get out’:Vision shows detainees jumping from window after fire breaks out at Sydney detention centre

Staff were forced to place mattresses on the ground to allow detainees to escape the fire and 17 people are being treated by paramedics.

  • bySarah Keoghan