Footage from major building fire in Surry Hills

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Footage from major building fire in Surry Hills

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Жыл бұрын

This video shows our footage in chronological order from 25 May 2023 4PM - 26 May 2023 11:30AM.
Update: 26 May 2023 1:30PM
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews today remain at the scene of a major fire in Surry Hills, dousing reignition points and assisting with investigations.
The blaze, which at its peak was declared a '10th alarm', destroyed two multi-storey buildings on Randle Street yesterday afternoon.
More than 120 FRNSW firefighters and 30 fire trucks, from multiple stations across Sydney, battled into the night to contain and extinguish the flames.
They managed to save several buildings, including adjoining residential apartments and office blocks on the opposite side of the road.
The fire is now out, but a small number of fire crews remain on-site, monitoring for potential flare-ups.
They are being assisted by FRNSW's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), or drones, which are helping pinpoint potential areas of concern.
Significant structural collapse has occurred at the site.
Engineers and other experts monitoring the stability of what remains of the buildings.
An exclusion zone is currently in place in the vicinity of the fire scene and, at this stage, is expected to remain for at least seven days.
As a result, at least 50 nearby residents have been left displaced.
The advice for anyone who has been displaced and has not yet registered should do so via register.redcr...

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@staticbuilds7613 Жыл бұрын

Showing the damage to the other buildings really help to show how dangerous and immense the heat is from the fire.

@mr.polemikus4933 Жыл бұрын

Let me dare a vague hint about it ...painted wooden slabs and planks instead of concrete castings and brick floors ...just a guess....

@ChemEDan Жыл бұрын

@@mr.polemikus4933 brick floors?

@cv507 Жыл бұрын

ZyR€NN bee like ´Vennärr töö döch vvätt xXD sypörp hyllce unlike mb?..? ´Fööyähr n Flännnäh vFfv ´Zikkceyce ön Fläyme ^ ^ 4:20 leid... RädiäX ^?^ ´´Victhörryy

@Joe-sn6ir Жыл бұрын

or how PHYSICALLY DANGEROUS cities are??? we already know how dangerous they are due to criminals. and how dangerous they are politically because only idiots live in such cramped quarters and then vote for idiot leftists.

@NathanM4A1 Жыл бұрын

Yup, just goes to show what the men and women who fight fires experience. Really drives home that when they say its burning hot, even under all their bunker gear, they really mean it.

@FlorenceSlugcat Жыл бұрын

This video shows the importance of two things. The importance of keeping nearby building cool to prevent the spread on other buildings, such as the one infront And the effectiveness of firewalls, which allowed to keep the buildings next door from the two that burned from going down aswell

@dylanmaxard5822 Жыл бұрын

I mean the first point is kinda valid but this one looks more like a case of radiant heat

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 8 ай бұрын

Yep. I sometimes work for a Nam vet who was an assistant fire chief, who told me about this. Now I snicker at folks who wonder why an FD waste water on a neighboring structure that is not ablaze! Jk.

@argentum530 6 ай бұрын

This fire shows why sprinkler systems are so important. It's like having a hundred firefighter on scene already working to extinguish the fire when you arrive.

@alexandragrace8164 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely terrifying. I walked passed the ruined building yesterday - there were still so many fire trucks, firefighters, police officers, engineers, and reporters there. Thank you to the firefighters for working so hard and facing dangerous conditions to protect the city from this fire. I sure hope those kids learned their lesson, and I hope that the Cadaver Dogs do not find any bodies in the rubble. 😢

@davepowell7168 Жыл бұрын

Cadaver dogs are also used for diagnosis, amazing creatures

@zamistro Жыл бұрын

What was the cause? Kids you say?

@nntflow7058 Жыл бұрын

@@zamistro Well, since it's 2023. We gotta blame it on the Feminists this time.

@Loza_1703 Жыл бұрын

@@nntflow7058is this supposed to be a joke? I can’t tell if it is supposed to be or not because i kinda want to laugh at it but i don’t wanna mess it up

@nntflow7058 Жыл бұрын

@@Loza_1703 Remember, If you messed it up, keep blaming it on all women.

@maxmouche Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing this and keeping the community informed. As a Surry Hills local who lives only a few minutes from the building, I’m thankful for the work of all the emergency services. Hope you’ll upload more great footage like this from yesterday and the days that will follow so as to keep us up to date.

@ronfreniere8769 Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen that much fire, since I was a kid growing up in a factory city. Watching the old factories burn. Hope there were no severe injuries to anyone who was related to this incident. Thank you to all firefighters everywhere for protecting the citizens of your coverage area.

@willydmoore3921 Жыл бұрын

Wow, Hollywood couldn’t even create a fire scene as intense and dynamic as this one. Great job to the fire crews and you for the amazing recording. From USA, kudos.

@duncil85 6 ай бұрын

That is 💯 true! Great job knocking down that fire and awesome documentary skills!!! More kudos from the USA

@newenglandcoast7121 Жыл бұрын

What a huge fire, I hope no one was hurt. Incredible effort by the firefighters!

@digger26 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Was really nice the way you covered things after the fire was out. Too many of these videos end with building still smoking and no explanations. Yours is the best!

@usafman8864 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@leokimvideo Жыл бұрын

Poor Pigeons, lost their homes & little ones in this blaze. You can see them attempting rescues just as the wall collapses.

@DrTWG Жыл бұрын

Thanks . Good observation - even if I'd spotted it I wouldn't have known the significance - I've learned something.

@usafman8864 Жыл бұрын

@@DrTWG True, well said.

@davepowell7168 Жыл бұрын

The heroism of the pigeons surpasses the firefighters

@defeatSpace Жыл бұрын

those little shits are probably the cause

@marleyvonhoffstein3193 Жыл бұрын

🙄

@patbarlen2764 Жыл бұрын

What a horrific fire. Thanks for posting, good job

@hana.the.writer5074 Жыл бұрын

Horrific, yes but nothing close to real horror opposite to Grenfell Tower fire, UK. That tower turned to ashes in less than half an hour. There’s a documentary on it on KZfaq.

@locoslococo Жыл бұрын

I met a lovely Australian firefighter in London UK area.He had accumilated about a years worth of leave / holidays and was travelling around world for a year.he had been a fireman for quite a few years and now worked in fire prevention. One of the questions i asked him was, Did he miss being a fireman on active call? What he told me was something like ..He liked his work fighting fires but generally by the time he arrived on a call the fire had taken hold of the structure and often it resulted in exhuming remains of humans from the fire..He said that he found his prevention work saved many more lives getting smoke detectors and alarms fitted..Keep up the good work chaps and ladies Regards from UK.

@TheBaritoneCrooner Жыл бұрын

Keeping frontages facing the fire cool is so vitally important to stop the spread. Great work by your fire brigades. 😉

@MK-kv8bm Жыл бұрын

Great work to all the FRNSW on this job and all you do. Thank you.

@Cre8tvMG Жыл бұрын

Hey gents - thanks for all you do to help keep us safe. You run towards danger and we respect that.

@jix177 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how effectively it was contained. Relatively little damage to the building across the street, and the two attached buildings don't even look lightly singed!

@FlorenceSlugcat Жыл бұрын

Well actually one of the two attached buildings did burn. But the ones of each sides of thoses two burned down buildings didnt. It appears that the building next to it had a portion of the main building collapse and fall on top it it, since it is much lower. The pictures makes me believe all that burning materials fell down on it and trough its roof, inside of the building which probably is the reason it couldnt be contained.

@Kamil_O Жыл бұрын

Great footage and amazing work done by firefighters,

@suzylarry1 Жыл бұрын

that was a intense fire , the heat must have been horrendous . not much to investigate with the build falling in and around . A early report just after the fire started , there were videos of folks in the Restaurant across the street before fire entered the customers were sitting at tables eating and watching before evacuations . Hope no injuries

@stevepunter3704 Жыл бұрын

The heat that would be coming from that would be unbelievable.

@Low.quality.aviation Жыл бұрын

My father is a firefighter. Here in montana, we mostly get barns on fire plus the occasional house fire. Nothing like this. Probably the closest thing to this fire we’ve had is when a Grain Elevator burned down.

@judyphilibert6921 6 ай бұрын

I read your comment. With you living in a State that has forest along it's (North) Western Border, I'm sure your Dad has participated in forest fire containment, either in your region or elsewhere in the US. Please pass on my "Thanks!" and gratitude for the risks he takes for all of us. 👏🏻🎖🍁

@lnteIIigence Жыл бұрын

1:58 That silence after it collapsed 😨

@Thespiansewist 5 ай бұрын

My brother was in nsw fire brigade for over forty years and loved everyday serving as firemen.Special citizens I say thank you for serving and protecting the community

@NeilM01989 Жыл бұрын

Liked and shared, hope everyone is alright and no lives lost. Especially the firefighters

@clive8907 Жыл бұрын

Hope everyone got out safely,, great job done by the fire fighters,keep up the good work,,,from Cheltenham UK.

@21lt Жыл бұрын

Great job! Glad nobody was hurt. Greeting from San Antonio, Texas (SAFD) USA.

@joegaito702 11 ай бұрын

Let's stop and hope everyone is doing ok the paramedics and firemen deserve a lot of credit your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated great job great catches as usual keep them safe out there you guys rock thanks ! Joe

@wcresponder Жыл бұрын

Surprising to see so few monitors....I guess they aren't standard kit on the rigs. Great job on the minimal collateral damage. Good to hear no serious injury or fatalities.

@jenbrixton6834 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, such an amazing job done by all. Sending all my love from Worcester UK ❤ stay safe

@born_analogic_tik_die_digital Жыл бұрын

Spectacular video from the drone & amazing how these machines help in so many ways nowadays

@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Жыл бұрын

*Captions for the Deaf:* (Upvote please, since auto-generation not working for start of video.) (Sirens over Radio Speech - Presumed Commander) 0:00 to 1:15 : "Ok, ___ we're gonna _____ outside the ____ zone...we've got a building fully-involved. "To all crews (at the) fire grounds...I want everyone outside the collapse zone...it's fully-involved...we're going (for a) defensive strategy." New male speaker on radio: "____ I'll come to you through ______" (I can't make it out - street name?) Voices from inside the car (Soft, in awe) Passenger: "Just take your time (navigating through the traffic.)" Reply of Driver to Passenger: "Yup. You'll have to tell me where to stage...sorry, where to locate...you'll be in charge, I imagine? (Sees flames, exclaims) Far out!" Passenger: "Let's find out what type of building it is...here will do." (To park.) Driver: "Here? Coming in, behind the heavy?" Passenger: "Just stop here...back up..." _Speech ends until captions begin working at __4:05_ Please fill in blanks if anyone can make them out.

@kasyndri 5 ай бұрын

absolute and genuine heroes. i imagine many many many centuries ago, whole villages would go up in flames because they didn't have the superheroes involved in saving everyone shown here. thank you, thank you, and thank you ✨

@greggreg2263 Жыл бұрын

Super scary those flames 🔥 were absolutely beautiful when the building fell apart😮

@davidimhoff2118 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine losing your home and pets. Ugh. What a huge fire.

@jurgenkuhlmann9194 Жыл бұрын

The collapse of the fire building was truly shocking! Glad no one was hurt!

@Lithane97 6 ай бұрын

One ladder truck for a 6-story building, fully engulfed? That's actually wild.

@christiangibbs8534 6 ай бұрын

A few things stand out in this video: #1: Undying respect and gratitude for the first responders who don't hesitate to put themselves in front of, under, and even inside of burning, collapsing buildings. These people save lives, often at the cost of their own. I salute you. #2: Too many people underestimate the complexity of firefighting. Imagine coordinating over 100 firefighters, looking out for their safety, evacuation of victims, crowd control, assessing and re-assessing the weakening structural integrity of the building, protecting other nearby buildings, use of technology... Firefighting is part courage, part science, and part chaos. The fire fighters did an amazing job here. #3: Drones... Freakin' awesome. #4: Did anyone else notice the way that the vehicles on the road stopped and stayed where they were to make room for first responders? Even though they had green lights, they didn't move! Utah drivers, take note!

@The0311gruntUSMC 9 ай бұрын

What a job. I like how traffic completely stopped allowing the responding units to quickly and safely respond to the incident. Unlike New Yorkers! Stay safe.

@1FatHappyBirthday Жыл бұрын

And this my friends is why my house is nowhere near other buildings. Would never live in an apartment either. Because other people catch their house on fire and take mine with it!

@davepowell7168 Жыл бұрын

App. Still not available to check all friends for latent pyromania 😔

@KevinCovington5453 Жыл бұрын

WOW! THAT WAS SOME VERY! IMPRESSIVE FIRE FIGHTING! Anticipating that collapse and having it sealed off, Just TREMENDOUS WORK! Branson, Missouri - USA

@josephastier7421 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for including the thumbnail scene in your video.

@HarrisonBorbarrison Жыл бұрын

What a chilling video. I would hate to be in such a situation.

@phillip_mcguinness7025 Жыл бұрын

Owner: Oooooh nooooo, my old building caught fire in the middle of this recently gentrified neighborhood. However will I recover?

@davidsouthwell8196 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍 for your quick response

@Og-Judy Жыл бұрын

That first building was lost before the first fire services got there. The intensity could have gutted so much more. How awful for all concerned.

@mrdouglasfromthedepartment8440 Жыл бұрын

Thank you FRNSW👍

@desireegoulett69 Жыл бұрын

I don't like buildings with common walls....it's so hard to stop fires from spreading once fully engulfed with zero seperation between structures.

@marugg78 Жыл бұрын

Massive respect for the poor souls who have to clean that mess up

@CheeseMiser 6 ай бұрын

That's why we have bulldozers, tnt, and hi-hos

@janjanssen9629 Жыл бұрын

What on earth was fueling this fire… seemed to be more intense then what you would expect from a living environment…

@silentblackhole Жыл бұрын

Well done! Thank you to all the services personal!

@EnidAgnusDei Жыл бұрын

Jesus that sure is going well.

@JesusofNazareth-vv9pj Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the name drop buddy!!

@EnidAgnusDei Жыл бұрын

@@JesusofNazareth-vv9pj Nice one!

@flowerredanna8890 Жыл бұрын

Gracias por su trabajo

@dontask8979 Жыл бұрын

Not everyone knows where this is. I see no mention of a city. Edit "New South Wales" 👍 With world wide viewers, it just makes sense to me to add location in the description. Great footage. That wall facia coming down and didn't miss a beat.

@RaceBanner_ Жыл бұрын

Its fascinating that even though you’re down under, the flames still shoot upwards. I know the toilets run backwards but I guess fire is different.

@user-rh9xq4ne4t Жыл бұрын

thank you for your hard work 🚒🚒🚒

@scottspropertyservices6877 6 ай бұрын

4:02 what brand toolbox is that? Survived better than the whole ute!

@AlexKall 6 ай бұрын

Very well done by the fire crew! Sorry to everyone effected by this fire, must be truly horrific!

@DrDeuteron Жыл бұрын

buildings are metastable, both chemically and gravitationally. This one has found a lower energy state.

@Superfreaky2 7 ай бұрын

1:48 The pigeon was like ‘oo i’ll rest here, YEAH NOPE’

@alancotton8404 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Containment, Stopping the fire from bing able to spread to all the other Buildings. 👏

@laurie7689 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if those were homes or businesses, but that is why I will never live in an apartment. I won't live in anything but a single family home. Even if my home burns, or my neighbor's home burns, there is a chance that the other homes will be safe. No more than one or two families would be displaced. Having multi-unit buildings crammed next to each other with a multitude of people is a major fire hazard in which people lose their homes or they lose their jobs.

@glendamears3618 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much , Brave men and women ❤❤❤

@Kaczorek2366 Жыл бұрын

What caused the fire? In general, four buildings are suitable for demolition. The temperature of the fire was so high that a neighboring building was set on fire. Paw up 👍

@jddr.jkindle9708 6 ай бұрын

Great defense effort on saving other nearby buildings!

@eddybowe2953 Жыл бұрын

hopefully no one was injured in this. great job in putting out the fire and keeping it from spreading to other buildings.

@LJ11420 Жыл бұрын

10 Alarm! Damn! This is a big fire.

@TradieTrev Жыл бұрын

Huge fire guys! Well done keeping it contained!

@rhondagrace1370 Жыл бұрын

This is the first time I've seen in this detail footage of the aftermath of a fire, good job, although I really hate this happened the affect of this is terrible.

@espy0008 Жыл бұрын

amazing construction, the last time I saw a building on fire like that it collapsed fully into its own footprint.

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm Жыл бұрын

so what was stored in there to make such a fire ?

@stuzworldz 6 ай бұрын

Well done Video Editing and Drone footage💥...that Brick building contained that SIZE FIRE Exceptionaly well....prayers🙏 to all displaced ...much love from Californias🌲Coastline...

@wiley8976 Жыл бұрын

That’s a wicked big fire. Nice job. Glad everyone was safe

@Luschine Жыл бұрын

So sad. Two beautiful old buildings utterly destroyed. Will surely be replaced by ugly modern ones.

@patrick247two Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@firefighterfan2010 Жыл бұрын

What an huge flames!🚒👨‍🚒

@AwakenedWookie Жыл бұрын

This block will now be developed quicker than you can say "insurance job". Everytime this kind of thing happens, the investors and developers already magically have plans for the site ready to go.

@fratercontenduntocculta8161 6 ай бұрын

Drone damage assessment is a genius move.

@martinbielby334 Жыл бұрын

OMG that's bad I hope everyone got out of there safe and sound!! Looks like it was empty

@Liguehunters Жыл бұрын

And that's the reason why we protect the exposure.

@jayswarrow1196 6 ай бұрын

I'm impressed by couple of things here: 1) Blinds that melt down by a nearby inferno, rather than go f-womp! and taking the room in seconds.. some polymer high-techs.. 2) Firewall between the buildings: the new one seem to be unaffected (well, maybe abit advanced on the heating bill at the end of the month). Some architects.. 3) Effective work of fire brigade. I've seen a cottage blaze taking half-o-village in matter of minutes, yet, this multistory inferno caused only light melts around itself. Some Blokes at work!

@judyphilibert6921 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this video, great footage. Excellent job by the emergency/fire service workers, could have been SO much worse. Hoping there were no lives lost 🙏🏻...everything else can be rebuilt. Pretty scary for the residents of Surry Hills 😟

@robertlewis7237 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR SUPER DETAILED VIDEO AS SHOW HOW DANGER WAS ROUND THE AREA AND SAFETY IN LOT AREA . THANK YOU TO ALL PERSON AND PEOPLE DO THIS JOB AND POLICE AND OTHER SERVICE IN NSW

@Pissedoffdetective Жыл бұрын

Have they arrested the Developer yet for paying the street kids enough for a can of petrol and a Playstation each to do this?

@zamistro Жыл бұрын

Is arson the official cause?

@crisespinoza1979 Жыл бұрын

Any idea what caused this? It was so massive. I hope no firefighter was injured.

@roger0929 Жыл бұрын

A bunch of teen-age Murdoch-programmed fascist hooligans.

@slayerr4365 Жыл бұрын

Still looks more in shape the most of the buildings around my city

@3dsmaxrocks699 Жыл бұрын

WTC 7 was completely destroyed and wasn't on fire nowhere near the level this building was.

@jamesburton1050 Жыл бұрын

Wow! What was the building and what happened?

@backpages1 6 ай бұрын

Big fire…good video!

@travelingdude33914 Ай бұрын

How damaged is the exterior concrete next door from the heat? Is the building still structurally sound?

@tmilesffl 6 ай бұрын

Crazy damage, to think that building had floors and was occupied at one time.

@englishkenny958 Жыл бұрын

the first thing I noticed was laying down water on the building across the street. Kudos to the men and women fighting this one. You deserve a pint or two at the end of your shift

@juant3969 Жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard or seen a 10th alarm fire. That was insane to watch the intensity of the blaze in the building….

@Mrbfgray 6 ай бұрын

Cool footage, sad to see historic structure lost along with all it implies.

@BritishEngineer 6 ай бұрын

That fire alarm still going in the burnt building is haunting.

@macguru9999 Жыл бұрын

Every 'vacant' building in sydney should either have a working sprinkler system or be torn down and replaced by something safe and modern. It will probably be possible to construct and 'heritage' facade on a modern building for less than it would have cost to renovate this old brick structure. Now there is no choice but to go for a modern structure. Its a shame that all this drama and possible loss of life had to happen in the meantime !