Police are investigating a suspicious fire in a unit block at Wollongong this morning.
About 2.30am (Tuesday 13 July 2021), emergency services were called to the complex on Bligh Street after reports that two mattresses were alight in a common stairwell.
Officers from Wollongong Police District have been told a person was seen leaving via a common entry door shortly after the fire.
Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze.
Several residents were escorted from the premises and treated for smoke inhalation. No one was seriously injured, and residents were returned to their homes.
The unit sustained minor smoke and water damage.
The fishermen were last seen boarding a boat that left Bellambi Beach at 2pm on Saturday.
Two were from the same family and the third was a family friend. Their ages ranged from 20 to 40.
Family members alerted authorities at 6am today when the men did not return home on time.
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The rescue operation this afternoon at Wollongong (9News)
Officers from Wollongong police, Marine Area Command and PolAir, and members of Surf Life Saving NSW led the search.
The upturned boat was located off Port Kembla and the three bodies have yet to be formally identified. We don t know of their experience however, they ve been at that location several times before, NSW Police acting Inspector Jayson Joerdens said.
Owen Fisher, 16, was last seen leaving a Wollongong school, at 3.30pm on Wednesday. Police and family are concerned as his disappearance is out of character.
21:34 EDT, 1 May 2021
An upmarket Japanese restaurant inside the Crown Sydney complex has reportedly lost some of its most generous tippers after a group of men were arrested in a series of police raids.
Officers busted their way into properties across Sydney and Wollongong last week and allegedly uncovered designer-branded drugs, bags of cash and luxury cars.
Six men were arrested in the raids, with one male pictured being hauled out of a home in Gucci slides while another was handcuffed in his underwear.
According to an insider within the restaurant who spoke to the Sunday Telegraph, some of the men arrested - dubbed the Gucci gang - would eat at the establishment on a weekly basis and would leave whopping tips on top of their bill.