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• FRNSW Investigates Major Gas Fire In Fairfield

  12-08-2025 11:35 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators will examine the scene of a major gas fire at a service station last night at Fairfield, in Sydney's south-west.Around 50 firefighters responded to numerous 200kg LPG cylinders alight at the service station in Sackville Street, at about 6.30 pm.They were confronted by a huge, intense fire, threatening to spread to adjacent homes.HAZMAT firefighters
  15 residents rushed to safety as fire crews cooled the venting gas cylinders. Fire crews gained control of
  
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• FRNSW Battles Tobacco Pipe Blaze At Seven Hills Home

  12-08-2025 11:35 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators have determined a tobacco pipe sparked a fire at Seven Hills, in Sydney's north-west, which injured two people last night.The blaze broke out at the back of a Seven Hills Road home around 10:30 pm. The occupants - a pregnant 30-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man - were asleep and only alerted to the danger when their dog began barking.NSW Ambulance paramedics
  They escaped moments before the timber property was destroyed by flames, fueled by materials i
  
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• FRNSW Stops Major Fire At Sydney Factory Site

  12-08-2025 11:34 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a major factory fire in Sydney's south-west.Just before 4 am this morning, a Triple Zero (000) emergency call alerted firefighters to a plastic pipe manufacturing business, engulfed by flames on Woodpark Rd, Smithfield.FRNSW rushed 25 trucks and more than 100 firefighters to the scene to deal with the fire that was raging through part of the factory, with flames bursting through the roof.Extremely significant fireIt was declared a '10 alarm' bl
  
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• Fire And Rescue NSW Honors Fred Parkhouse's Legacy

  12-08-2025 11:33 via thebigredguide.com
  His younger colleagues lovingly call him “the dinosaur,” and after five decades of serving the public, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Station Officer Fred Parkhouse, has called ‘time’ on his career.68-year-old Fred joined NSW Fire Brigades, as it was known then, as a teenager and progressed through the ranks, learning all aspects of firefighting and rescue work.Fire and Rescue NSW Duty Commander, Chris Bishop, says Fred is still as keen to protect the communi
  
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• FRNSW's Rapid Response To Sydney Helicopter Crash

  12-08-2025 11:32 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a helicopter crash in Sydney's south-west.Two people were aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plummeted to the ground at the Bankstown Aerodrome in Airport Avenue, near Marion Street, just before 2 pm.The propeller and part of the fuselage sustained significant damage as the chopper came to rest on its side.Hazardous materials responseFRNSW deployed 10 firefighters and three fire trucks to the scene. Both occupants, believed to be a pil
  
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• FRNSW Tackles Combustible Spill At Mascot, Sydney

  12-08-2025 11:31 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are working to clear a major spill of combustible liquid at Mascot, in Sydney's inner south.The operation began around 4:30 am when two semi-trailers collided at the intersection of O'Riordan Street and Joyce Drive, near the Domestic Airport. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated both drivers on-site for minor injuries.Combustible hydrocarbon liquidBoth roads were closed to maintain community safety and enable effective emergency responseOne of the trucks was carryin
  
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• FRNSW Investigates Jamisontown Factory Fire

  12-08-2025 11:30 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire which has engulfed a factory at Jamisontown, in Sydney's west.More than 40 firefighters and 14 fire trucks were deployed to the Regentville Street complex, where the blaze broke out just after 10 pm.It had started in a unit used to manufacture perfumes and colognes.Structural damageFlames quickly reached high above the building, causing the roof to collapse and leaving behind significant structural damage.Fire
  
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• FRNSW Battles Major Warehouse Fire At Five Dock

  12-08-2025 11:30 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are battling a large warehouse fire at Five Dock, in Sydney's inner west.Shortly after 3 pm, FRNSW received multiple Triple-Zero (000) calls reporting large volumes of smoke issuing from the warehouse on Parramatta Road.On arrival, 18 FRNSW trucks and more than 60 firefighters began controlling the fire, which was rapidly moving through a warehouse containing multiple businesses, amid concerns the fire would spread to adjoining properties.Thermal imaging cameras
  
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• Increase In NSW Winter House Fires Calls For Action

  12-08-2025 11:29 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has determined there was a 12 percent increase in house fires during winter this year, sparking calls for more working smoke alarms in NSW homes.The latest statistics gathered by FRNSW indicate there were 1063 residential fires during winter this year, an increase of 119 on the same season last year.It’s the largest number of winter residential fires in NSW since 2019, when 1092 such blazes were recorded.Winter residential fires
  Eight people were killed in p
  
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• FRNSW Saves Home From Lithium-Ion Battery Fire

  12-08-2025 11:28 via thebigredguide.com
  Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have saved a home from a large Lithium-Ion battery fire at Warrawee, on Sydney’s upper north shore.A resident was charging the battery used to power a leaf blower in the carport of the home on Finlay Road, just before 5 pm, when the cells went into ‘thermal runaway’ and caught fire.The flames destroyed the carport which collapsed. Neighbors used garden hoses in an attempt to extinguish the fire on the battle-axe property.FRNSW Remin
  
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