A badly damaged section of the inner Sydney building mostly destroyed by fire moved 70mm overnight as police and specialist firefighters warn it could collapse at any moment.
moved 70mm overnight as police and specialist firefighters warn it could collapse at any moment.
“We’re just keeping an eye on that at the moment. As a positive that it will not come back down on the street but we are monitoring it continuously,” he said. Mr Rice said crews were busy throughout the day working to put out any remaining fires, with attention turning now to when the building can be safely demolished and surrounding streets reopened.
“Our priority is actually getting everything back to normal around the area, and we will do the best we can.”About 50 people living in the area have been displaced since the inferno at the former hat factory lit up the sky, closing streets and public transport.“This is really a once-in-a-decade type of fire,” he said.
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