Fire
The Lussh venue had no fire insurance, blaze was the third in months: owner
The owner of the Woolloongabba wedding venue has revealed she had no fire insurance before a massive inferno destroyed the heritage-listed building.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Wedding industry rallies around The Lussh after inferno collapses roof
The heritage-listed hall was so badly damaged investigators may never determine the cause of the fire. And, for now, there are nuptials to reorganise.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Shop owner recounts start of fire, reveals long-term ‘squatter’ problem
‘Within five-to-ten minutes … all the glass was popping and the side of the building was up in flames.’
- by William Davis
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Woolloongabba
Man seriously injured, The Lussh wedding venue destroyed in Woolloongabba inferno
One person is unaccounted for after a fire spread through multiple buildings in Woolloongabba, including a heritage-listed building booked out for weddings.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt, Marissa Calligeros and William Davis
Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union
Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information for him, and the union exerted unprecedented influence over the running of the fire service, report finds.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Bushfires
‘We are way behind’: Race against time to reduce fire risk in Sydney suburbs
Sydney’s northern beaches are having another smoky day as firefighters battle to keep a wild hazard reduction burn under control.
- by Angus Thomson
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Northern Beaches Hospital
Bushfire downgraded on Sydney’s northern beaches after planned burn jumped containment lines
The Rural Fire Service has lowered the alert level for the blaze which began as a hazard reduction burn in Oxford Falls.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Sydney emergency
Fire engulfs industrial complex in south-west Sydney
More than 25 firetrucks and 100 firefighters worked to control the blaze that badly damaged several businesses.
- by Riley Walter and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Firefighters are battling a factory fire in Sydney’s southwest
Firefighters are battling a factory fire in Sydney’s southwest that has forced employees in nearby businesses to flee their workplaces.
Surviving child released from hospital as coroner launches probe into blaze that killed two girls
Police are investigating whether the mother was home at the time of the fire, and a social worker says the father flagged concerns in the months before the fatal blaze at the Sydenham house.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Hannah Kennelly
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