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Detectives appeal for information after vehicle fire, as investigations continue into kidnapping of Chris Baghsarian

Burnt-out Toyota may be linked to missing 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian

Suspicious vehicle fires in Westmead are thought to be linked to the grandfather’s disappearance. Detectives are appealing to the public for information.

  • Julie Power

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Three vessels sank with emergency services monitoring a fourth.

‘They couldn’t put them out’: Blaze sinks superyachts at Mosman marina

Three vessels have been sunk by a fire that also destroyed a fourth, as the operators of a lower north shore marina take stock of the damage.

  • Jack Gramenz
The fire took hold about 3pm on Tuesday, with more than 50 firefighters working to extinguish the blaze.

Firefighters battle enormous blaze at factory in Sydney’s south-west

The fire engulfed a timber furniture factory, showering bricks to the ground as dozens of firefighters pumped water from nearby streets.

  • Jack Gramenz
Justin Hemmes bought two beach shacks next to Byron Bay fire station, which divides his growing property portfolio in the holiday town.

The fire station in the middle of Justin Hemmes’ expanding Byron Bay empire

Justin Hemmes bought two tin-roofed beach shacks in Byron Bay for $3.6 million. Now the fire station next door is being relocated.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
A factory fire at St Marys.

Factory explosion blasts chemical tank into air, huge fireball erupts

Firefighters are still battling the huge blaze after a monster explosion at a factory in St Marys.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Dozens of applicants for leadership positions with Fire and Rescue NSW used AI to complete their applications.
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‘Cheats let through’: Firefighters caught out in AI recruitment bungle

Recruitment of NSW fire station leaders is in turmoil after dozens of candidates were disqualified – then reinstated – after using AI in their applications.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
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Matt U’Brien, formerly with NSW Police and Fire and Rescue NSW, his wife Sarah and daughter Lillian, 18, who all gave evidence at a NSW parliament inquiry on Tuesday.

Online surveillance of injured workers ‘relatively common’: insurer

Last week, a parliamentary inquiry heard a surveillance company contracted by Fire and Rescue NSW’s insurer looked through a 15-year-old girl’s social media to investigate her father.

  • Max Maddison
Matt U’Brien, formerly with NSW Police and Fire Rescue NSW, his wife Sarah and daughter Lillian, 18, who all gave evidence at a NSW Parliament inquiry on Tuesday.

Social media profiles of injured worker’s young daughter monitored by private investigations company

An inquiry considering the state government’s controversial workers compensation scheme heard plans to severely curtail injured workers’ access to long-term payments as “barbarism”.

  • Max Maddison
A house in Sydney's northern beaches was destroyed by a fierce blaze on Friday morning.
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Avalon house fire

A house in Sydney's northern beaches was destroyed by a fierce blaze on Friday morning.

Aerial footage shows the roof and floor of the home collapsed.

Grave fears for person missing after fire destroys northern beaches home

Flames have destroyed the house and made it impossible for firefighters to enter the property.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya