Balmain Leagues Club fire

Police and fire crews rushed to the Rozelle building at 4.35pm on Saturday on busy Victoria Road near Darling Street.

Fire and Rescue NSW brought the blaze under control with several hoses and firefighters attending the scene. Police and fire crews rushed to the Rozelle building at 4.35pm on Saturday on busy Victoria Road near Darling Street Police and fire crews rushed to the Rozelle building at 4.35pm on Saturday on busy Victoria Road near Darling Street.

Two men were seen running from what investigators consider to be a suspicious fire at the Balmain Leagues Club on Saturday afternoon.

Get it here. The site of the fire has been vacant since 2010 when the NSW government announced plans to build a metro station in the area and the Balmain Leagues Club relocated to temporary venues in Homebush and Five Dock. Fire and Rescue NSW confirmed on Sunday morning that the fire is being treated as suspicious and NSW police confirmed that after investigators returned to the scene on Sunday.

Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne has called on the NSW government to demolish the “hazardous eyesore” Balmain Leagues Club, following a fire...

In 2016, council won a battle in the NSW Land and Environment Court against the overdevelopment of the site. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that Transport for NSW “would be supportive of any steps the owners of the former Balmain Leagues Club site wish to undertake to ensure it is safe and secure while NSW Police and Fire and Rescue NSW conduct their inquiries”. “The NSW government says that they are instead going to compulsorily acquire the property to use it as a massive tunnelling site for their Western Harbour Tunnel,” Cr Byrne said.

Police are treating a fire at the abandoned Balmain Leagues Club in Sydney's west as suspicious after the building went up in flames on Saturday.

Police are treating a fire at the abandoned Balmain Leagues Club in Sydney’s west as suspicious after the building went up in flames on Saturday. An investigation has been launched into the fire at the abandoned Balmain Leagues Club, which is being treated as suspicious by authorities. Balmain Leagues Club fire being treated as suspicious

The state government stands accused of ignoring local council's concerns about the state of the old Balmain Leagues Club after it went up in flames at the ...

"And I've raised that with the planning minister but we need to work closely with the council, in keeping with the local community, to ensure that leagues club is developed in a proper way." Transport for NSW said in a statement that they supported any measures taken by the previous owners to ensure the site was "safe and secure" for emergency personnel. "Heworth wrote to TfNSW in March advising that the site should be secured by Transport in order to prevent the public from entering," they said. The fate of the iconic club has been at the centre of a long-running debate since the venue was shut in 2010 for a metro station which never eventuated. "We've made it clear to the government publicly and privately that this building does need to be demolished, and it's time for the Premier and the Transport Minister to act. - The mayor of Inner West Council is calling for the site to be demolished immediately