Sydney firefighters working to extinguish building fire after ‘apocalyptic’ Surry Hills blaze
by Rafqa Touma, Elias Visontay, Stephanie Convery, an from on (#6BX0S)
NSW Fire and Rescue say it will be a substantial and very prolonged' effort of firefighting to extinguish the blaze completely
An apocalyptic" blaze engulfed a building near Central station in Sydney on Thursday afternoon, sending a massive plume of smoke into the air and causing parts of the building to collapse.
More than 100 firefighters worked to contain the massive fire. Fire and Rescue NSW said it would be a substantial and very prolonged" effort to extinguish the blaze completely.
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