Sydney news: Tributes flow in for US plane crew, poor air quality warning for Sydney – ABC News
Here’s what you need to know this morning.
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Tributes for US plane crew
Tributes continued to pour in overnight for the three US firefighters who died after their Large Air Tanker crashed in southern NSW.
Yesterday afternoon, a C-130 Hercules crashed north-east of Cooma during a “routine” water bombing operation.
NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) stations across the state posted on social media offering their condolences to the families of the crew.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said flags will fly at half-mast today. She described the tragic incident as “heartbreaking and devastating”.
“Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with their families and the tight-knit firefighting community,” she tweeted.
Dust storm hits Sydney
Parts of Sydney were coated in dust overnight.( )
Poor air quality is forecast to continue across Sydney and much of NSW today.
It comes after extensive dust storms across parts of the state yesterday that impacted parts of Sydney.
Rebecca Kamitakahara from the Bureau of Meteorology said bushfire smoke is contributing to the poor air quality.
“We had a southerly move through Sydney overnight and the Central Coast area and what that did is bring some of that smoke haze back from those fires in southern New South Wales,” she said.
Farewell to US and Canadian firefighters
The NSW Government and the state’s rural fire chief will meet US and Canadian firefighters this morning before the international crews travel home.
North American firefighters and specialists arrived in Australia in early December as part of an international effort to combat the country’s bushfire crisis.
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott will meet crews at their Wolli Creek hotel before their departure.
Many of the country’s visitors had missed Christmas and New Year with their families to aid firefighting efforts here.
Children’s hospitals row
Sydney Children’s Hospital had argued their expertise was being eroded.( )
A long-running stoush between Sydney’s two children’s hospitals has been resolved, with NSW Health deciding to keep paediatric cardiac services running at both sites.
Doctors at the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick have long been angered by the concentration of paediatric cardiac services at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, arguing their hospital’s expertise was being eroded.
The Government has now decided to keep cardiac services at both hospitals.
NSW Health said $10 million will be provided to update cardiac equipment at the Randwick site.
Woman filmed in shower cubicle
A man has been charged for allegedly filming a woman in an office building shower cubicle in the Sydney CBD.
NSW Police said a 45-year-old woman was using a shower cubicle at an office building in Pyrmont on Wednesday when she noticed a mobile phone over the top.
She then chased the man who ran from the location.
Officers arrested a 25-year-old man in Glebe yesterday.
He’s been granted strict conditional bail and is due to face court next month.
Friday’s weather
Cloudy. Areas of dust haze in the early morning. Medium chance and thunderstorms.
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