The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Sydney emergency

Advertisement
The scene at Palm Beach on Wednesday.

Man dead after boat flips off Sydney’s northern beaches, search under way for missing teen

A man is dead, another is in hospital, and a search continues for a missing teenager after a “tragic boating incident” on New Year’s Eve.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Jack Gramenz

Latest

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
Aerial view of a fire at a Metro Petroleum service station in Fairfield, Sydney on December 9, 2025.

Residents return home after fleeing fire engulfing Sydney servo

Atmospheric testing for gas was conducted before residents, who fled as a nearby petrol station sent black smoke billowing into the sky, were allowed home.

  • Emily Kaine and Jack Gramenz
Police at the park in Annandale where a man was stabbed.

Teen boy charged after alleged stabbing of man at popular park

A 21-year-old man is in a critical condition after the confrontation in Annandale in the inner west.

  • Penry Buckley, Emily Kaine and Kayla Olaya
Pilot David Stephens with his 1966 Beechcraft Debonair plane.

Body found near Snowy Mountains plane wreckage

Wreckage of the light plane was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Thursday afternoon. Experienced pilot David Stephens was the sole occupant.

  • Penry Buckley and Kayla Olaya
Lidcombe

Explosion blasts wall out of Sydney apartment block

Two men were rushed to hospital and dozens evacuated after the sidewall of the unit block collapsed.

  • Josefine Ganko
Advertisement
A man has died from injuries sustained during a break-in at a home in Penrith.

‘Very frightening’: Man dead after ‘targeted’ home invasion

A man has died from head injuries sustained after two men broke into his Sydney home early on Saturday morning.

  • Penry Buckley
A man is in a serious condition after being shot by police in Mayfield, NSW after he allegedly ran at officers armed with a meat cleaver.

Man shot by police after allegedly running at officers with meat cleaver

Police say they shot the man after he ran at them in a Newcastle suburb and a Taser was deployed unsuccessfully.

  • Penry Buckley
A fig tree in Hyde Park, Sydney CBD fell this evening, injuring two along Elizabeth St

Damaging winds uproot trees, down power lines across Sydney

Two women were taken to St Vincent’s Hospital after a large fig tree fell on them in Hyde Park.

  • Penry Buckley
Tim Chen (right) whose roof came off talks with neighbour Josh Yeo (left) whose property was impacted when the roof flew in to his home during last nights storms. Carlingford, NSW. January 16, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Tim and his family were watching TV. Then the deadly storm ripped off their roof

A Sydney man has recounted the terrifying moment the roof blew off his home as destructive weather lashed the city on Wednesday evening.

  • Sally Rawsthorne, Amber Schultz and Tom Housden