Rockdale: Fire starts in basement garage, building evacuated

Several cars are alight in a southern Sydney building basement and firefighters are now battling the significant blaze as residents and workers are evacuated from the building.

Firefighters from Sydney's south are in attendance at fire in a basement of a building in Rockdale. Picture: Fire and Rescue NSW

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Several cars have caught alight as a fire rips through a building’s basement in Sydney’s south.

NSW Fire and Rescue crews from Arncliffe, Kogarah, Hurstville, Marrickville and Campsie are attending the fire in Rockdale, which has forced mass evacuations of the building above.

“Crews arrived to find large volumes of smoke issuing and a number of cars alight,” a NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman said.

“A number of people have been evacuated from the building’s offices and residences above.”

Firefighters from Sydney's south are in attendance at fire in a basement of a building in Rockdale. Picture: Fire and Rescue NSW

Firefighters are now working in low visibility conditions to find the cars and extinguish them.

More to come.