The body of a missing Italian bushwalker was found near a lookout at Blackheath on Sunday, February 2.
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The man, aged 24, was reported missing after he went bushwalking near Blackheath on January 29. Mattia Fiaschini was last seen at Blackheath station on CCTV.
About 2.30pm on Sunday, a search party made the tragic discovery of the body near the Baltzer Lookout, at Blackheath.
A police report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Axe attack
Two women charged over an axe attack at Katoomba in the early hours of new year have appeared in court.
Esme Kairembora-Honinger, 23, and Megan Eyles, 24, each faced a number of charges at Katoomba Local Court on Monday.
Police allege the two women, from Wentworth Falls and Cowra respectively, went to a home in Darley St, Katoomba, between 5 and 5.20am on New Year's Day armed with a saxon axe. A 54-year-old man was at the house at the time.
The women banged on the door and one of them allegedly struck it with the axe. A large pot was also thrown through a window, police claim. The pair were arrested shortly afterwards.
They are both charged with specially aggravated enter a dwelling with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm and armed with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Kairembora-Honinger is also charged with intentionally and recklessly damaging property. They will appear again in court on March 23.
Erskine Creek fire
Over the weekend the Erskine Creek fire flared but it has been brought under control and there are no threats to property at this stage.
The fire is more than 22,000 hectares and burning to the south of Woodford in an easterly direction.
Truck fire
Fuel in a lawnmower is suspected to have started a fire in the back of a garbage truck at Winmalee on January 31. Firefighters from Springwood Fire and Rescue NSW were called to Tall Timbers Rd about 10.30am.
Springwood station officer Adrian Hewett said the council workers sensibly had kept the load in the garbage truck until firefighters arrived, as they were concerned if they emptied the load it could start a fire nearby.
"We got there, they moved forward and the load was dumped and extinguished and we left them to clean it up. There was no damage to the truck," Mr Hewett said.
He said the council workers had been collecting items such as metal and mattresses during kerbside collection, and suspected possible fuel in a lawnmower had started the fire during compaction.
"With a bit of fuel in there, vapour, and one spark and it can ignite," Mr Hewett said.
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