FRNSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry said firefighters were forced to battle intense conditions. “They were faced with very hot smoke, absolutely no visibility and having to feel their way through ...

A FRNSW spokesperson confirmed that the explosion occurred in a unit on the second floor of the three-storey complex. The double-brick wall of that unit and the adjoining unit was blown out.

A woman in her 60s has died after a three-level townhouse caught fire on Sydney’s North Shore, prompting renewed warnings for householders to check their smoke alarms.

A woman in her 60s has died after a three-level townhouse caught fire on Sydney’s North Shore, prompting renewed warnings for householders to check their smoke alarms.

A woman in her 60s has died after a three-level townhouse caught fire on Sydney’s North Shore, prompting renewed warnings for householders to check their smoke alarms.

A woman in her 60s has died after a three-level townhouse caught fire on Sydney’s North Shore, prompting renewed warnings for householders to check their smoke alarms.