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In photos: ‘Within four minutes it was half the building’
WooliesX worker Sam Jarvis, who was also nearby the fire, said he witnessed the fire from across the road at WooliesX.
“Within four minutes it was half the building. It was insane how fast it was, you could feel the hear from inside the building across the road,” he said.
He also shared these photos with The Australian Financial Review.
‘Zero to 100’: Surry Hills residents on fire
Farheen Chowdhury and Shafayet Ali evacuated their nearby apartment on Cooper Street after observing the fire go from “zero to 100” in five minutes, they told The Australian Financial Review.
“Our apartment got really heated up so we knew it was not safe to stay there,” said Ali.
The two turned off their electronics, retrieved their passports and evacuated the building. They are unsure when they will be able to return home, with police blocking off access to surrounding streets.
Sydney Trains operating as usual: NSW Transport Minister
Some Sydney roads, light rail closed
Light rail services are not running between Moore Park and Circular Quay due to the fire near Sydney’s Central Station.
Roads surrounding the fire are also closed. This includes parts of Chalmers Street, Randle Street, Elizabeth Street and Foveaux Street.
Police cannot confirm if burning building was vacant
As firefighters continue to hose down the large fire in the Sydney CBD, police said they were not able to confirm as yet whether the building was vacant.
The fire, which is within a kilometre of Central Station, has also created some small spot fires at nearby balconies.
Parts of building collapse, people evacuated
Around 50 people have been evacuated from the area as firefighters battle the blaze.
Black smoke continues to billow from the building, with bystanders near the scene sharing on social media that parts of the building have collapsed.
The external walls of the building remain standing, with only the internal parts of the building collapsing so far.
Avoid Randle St area in Surry Hills, firefighters warn
Fire and Rescue NSW has warned people to avoid the area surrounding Randle St, where a large building is ablaze.
Firefighters are currently on the scene.
The fire on Randle Street in Surry Hills.
The building engulfed in flames. Nine News
Large fire near Sydney’s Central station
Campbell Kwan, AAP
A large fire has erupted in a building near Sydney’s central station, with multiple fire trucks on the way.
Fire and Rescue NSW said the fire was at a building on Randle St, Surry Hills.
Helicopter footage from Nine News showed all floors of the building near Central Station and Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills were alight on Thursday afternoon.
Fire crews were spraying the building from the street and from aerial ladders.
Neighbouring apartments were also being doused with water to protect them.
The fire may have started on the third floor of the seven-storey building.
Large plume of smoke could be seen from the Sydney CBD.
More to come
The building on fire in Randle Street, Surry Hills.
Finance’s call for PwC to ‘stand down’ staff is unprecedented
Edmund Tadros
The federal finance department’s direction to PwC to “stand down” any personnel who knew about the tax leaks from all government contracts is an unprecedented step by the powerful department, Senate estimates has heard.
Asked by Labor senator Deborah O’Neill if this type of action had been taken before, Finance deputy secretary Andrew Jaggers replied: “Well, senator, not in my time. I can’t think of a similar situation where we’ve taken this action.”
During the Thursday afternoon hearing, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher also said the onus was now on PwC to prove to the department that it had reformed the way its partners and staff operated.
“I think there has been change …. in the sense that the leadership that were involved in the response to the original letter are not the leadership that are now in there trying to respond to the ... full issues that we’ve now become aware of,” Gallagher said.
“So I think that’s a start … the onus is now upon PwC to respond to the very strict and clear direction that’s been sent and satisfy Finance that they are adhering to the direction.”
She said “everyone’s aware” of the tax leaks scandal, which had become part of “water cooler discussions” across the country.
Labor queried about ‘perception problem’ of PwC donations
During Senate estimates, Greens senator Barbara Pocock has questioned whether the major parties are adequately tackling the “perception problem” of receiving donations from consulting firms such as PwC.
Pocock said PwC donated $121,000 to Labor last year, along with other plans to sponsor Labor’s budget night dinner before pulling away in light of the tax leaks scandal.
“There is a perception problem here, about the link between large donations and the ability to walk the corridors of this parliament, untrammelled,” Pocock said.
“They are without constraint in this parliament, physically, and they are making large financial contributions.”
In response, Finance Minister Gallagher labelled that questioning as offensive.
“If you’re drawing a link between donations to the political arm of the Labor Party and procurement outcomes, no, I don’t think you can do any link,” Gallagher said.
“Procurement decisions are a matter for the public service. They do not involve the political arm of government at all and nor should they.”
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