Two 13-year-old school children have handed themselves in to police in relation to one of the largest fires Sydney has seen in years. Read more:
The blaze has been called one of the largest fires in the city for years.Two children have handed themselves into police amid fears for the remaining walls of a large derelict building destroyed by fire in inner Sydney.
The two, both aged 13, handed themselves in at Paddington Police Station and Kings Cross Police Station and were assisting with inquiries. More than 120 firefighters from 30 fire trucks battled the blaze which consumed the brick and timber building in Surry Hills as thousands of people watched on. Firefighters were able to enter her apartment and collect her wedding dress during a run for essentials.Source:Once the area is safe, residents and businesses are expected to be allowed to return to their premises and the major thoroughfare Elizabeth Street will be reopened.
"I could hear shattered glass hitting the footpath and I looked up and the building was already on fire," he told Sunrise on Friday."They screamed upwards talking to another kid inside the building, asking why he was still inside."
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