Sydney fire: two teenagers assisting police with inquiries after Surry Hills building blaze

Authorities ‘furiously’ searching for two people among 15 sleeping rough in heritage building the night before fire

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Two teenagers were assisting police with their inquiries after a fire at a heritage-listed building in Sydney’s Surry Hills that police described as a “once in a decade” inferno. The cause of the fire remains unknown.

Police were also “furiously” searching to locate two people who were among 15 sleeping rough in the building the night before the fire. They have confirmed 13 of those people were safe and well.

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