An exclusion zone will be set up for at least the next seven days after Sydney's biggest blaze in more than 50 years. 9News
Southbound lanes on Elizabeth Street will reopen tonight, with barricades in place, to allow for traffic to begin flowing through.engulfed two buildings on Randle StreetThe young people went to police stations after officers began investigating whether arson could be to blame for the blaze.A group of young people were seen running from the building shortly after the fire started at 4pm on Thursday.
"We are speaking with these young people throughout the evening and they are now assisting police with our inquiries. He said firefighters did an "exceptional" job at working quickly to stop the spread and to get people out of danger, especially those on nearby rooftops, balconies and below on the street before the wall crumbled."If it had not been for the good action there, we could have easily had numbers of firefighters killed or seriously injured so I am very proud and very grateful for the wonderful work they did," Dunstan said.
He said fire crews were working with Engineers from NSW Public Works to asses the "risk of the remaining walls".
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