Residents evacuated as fire engulfs Kogarah Town Square
More than 100 residents were evacuated and unable to return home for the night after an electrical fire broke out at a southern Sydney apartment block. Here’s what we know.
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More than 100 residents were evacuated and unable to return home for the night after an electrical fire broke out at a southern Sydney apartment block.
Photographs have revealed the moments the fire broke out at Belgrave St near Kogarah Town Square on Sunday evening.
Multiple NSW Fire and Rescue crews attended the scene to put out the blaze in the busy residential area.
No injuries were reported, however, one firefighter was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics on scene for electric shock and another resident suffered an asthma attack.
A number of residents were forced to spend the night in alternative accommodation due to the damage caused by the fire, which sent billows of dark smoke into the suburb’s centre.
Neighbouring locals filmed the inferno from the street below and apartments looking over the burning building, as concerns mounted about the fire spreading to other sites.
This masthead understands the blaze started in the switchboard room of the apartment block with the full extent of the damage yet to be assessed.
NSW Police confirmed the fire was not being treated as suspicious.
More to come.
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