The boy handed himself into police on Saturday morning as it emerged that the building’s owners failed to file annual fire safety paperwork with the council this year.
A 12-year-old boy who was inside a Surry Hills building before it burnt down on Thursday has come forward and is assisting police with their inquiries into the fire, as it emerged that the buildings’ owners failed to file annual fire safety paperwork with the council this year.
They have appealed for those teenagers and their parents or carers to come forward, and asked for anyone with CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage of Randle Street, Surry Hills between 2.45pm and 4pm on Thursday. The council said late submission of paperwork does not automatically make a building non-compliant, and is sometimes related to a shortage of specialist contractors.
A “light smouldering” fire continues to burn deep inside the building which firefighters cannot extinguish due to the risk of building collapse, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said.“It is not safe for firefighters to enter the structure to extinguish these fires,” the spokesman said.The NSW Police arson squad is also on site to help with investigations.
The couple were allowed to briefly enter their rental apartment, which is a few metres from the shell of the burned building, to gather some belongings on Saturday morning.Footage has emerged on social media showing people exploring the abandoned warehouse on Randle Street before it was gutted by fire. The videos show the walls inside the building covered in graffiti, and views of the Sydney skyline from the roof.
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