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Two men have been arrested after off-duty police officers were allegedly attacked on a busy Sydney road, with one left needing CPR.

The two constables, both aged 25, were leaving a concert in Newtown when they came across a group having a "heated" discussion on Enmore Road around 11pm yesterday.

One officer, who was allegedly knocked to the ground then repeatedly punched and kicked in the head, was left unconscious and witnesses helped perform CPR on him before paramedics arrived.

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He remains at Royal Prince Alfred hospital in a serious condition.

The second officer who facial injuries has since been released from hospital.

Police arrested an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old man at a home in Mascot about 3.20pm today.

They have been taken to Mascot Police Station.

No charges have been laid yet.

Earlier, NSW Police Superintendent Despa Fitzgerald said police were hunting three persons of interest after the assault.

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"I'm confident, we have positive lines of inquiries," Fitzgerald told media today.

"We will be hunting down those persons of interest, we will be knocking on your door, so if you have anything you want to say, please hand yourselves in to police."

Fitzgerald thanked the witnesses who rendered CPR on the seriously injured officer and said "anything could have happened" if they weren't there to help.

She said police were looking for any CCTV, dashcam or phone footage of the "violent, confronting and distressing" incident.

NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley thanked the witnesses, including an off-duty nurse, who came to the officers' assistance.

"We have such gratitude for you coming in and helping those officers, particularly that officer with crucial injuries," Catley said.

"The police [officers] themselves are thankful."

She added: "Get these perpetrators and to get them behind bars. This is a dangerous attack and we do not want them on our streets."

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Police say the two officers were walking along Enmore Road when they approached three men unknown to them who were having an argument.

"The two off-duty officers were assaulted with one of them knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched and kicked to the head," NSW Police said in a statement.

"The second man, also aged 25, suffered facial injuries and was also taken to hospital for treatment; however, has since been released."

The three men behind the attack allegedly fled the scene before police arrived.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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Health officials in NSW and Queensland have issued measles warnings after a case of the infectious disease was detected in Western Sydney and at Gold Coast Airport.

NSW Health said a person had arrived in Sydney on a flight from Vietnam, which is currently experiencing a measles outbreak.

Although the person was not infectious on the flight, NSW Health said that anyone who visited the same places as the person should monitor for symptoms.

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Anyone who visited Family Doctors Berala, on Saturday, January 18 between 10am and 11.15am should check for signs of infection.

Queensland Health officials also said that a person with measles had been on the Gold Coast while unknowingly infectious.

They said that anyone on Qantas flight QF596 from Sydney Domestic Airport to Gold Coast Airport, which arrived at 9.30pm on January 17 should check for symptoms.

The person was also at Gold Coast Airport until about 10.15pm.

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Gold Coast Health said the case had also been acquired overseas but did not specify in what country.

Measles is highly infectious and is spread by tiny droplets through coughing and sneezing.

It causes fevers, coughing, runny noses, and a red spotty rash and sore eyes a few days later.

Symptoms usually start around 7 to 10 days after contact with a person with measles, but it cant take 18 days for symptoms to appear after an exposure.

"We want to remind the community to make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations. Everyone should check that they are protected against measles, which is highly infectious," South Western Sydney Local Health District Director of Public Health, Dr Mitchell Smith said.

"Anyone born after 1965 needs to make sure they have had two doses of measles vaccine. This is especially important before overseas travel. Measles outbreaks are occurring in several regions of the world at the moment."

Health officials stressed that vaccination against measles is the most effective way for the community to protect themselves from measles.

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The inquiry is likely to examine warnings, weather forecasts, landslide and flood risks.

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Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole two cars with children inside – including two babies – along the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia.

CCTV footage shows a shirtless man jumping into an Orange Kia Sportage and closing the door in Somerville near Gatacre Drive in Kalgoorie at 4.05pm yesterday as a woman ran after him and attempted to open the door.

The woman tried to hold onto the door as the man pulled out of a driveway, but was forced to let go of the door as the car started to speed off.

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There was a child inside the car, who police later found safe and well.

Police said 15 minutes earlier the unknown man stole a white Kia Sorento station sedan on Great Eastern Highway in West Kalgoorlie at 3.50pm while two babies were inside it.

They were also found inside the car safe and well by police a short time late.

Police have launched a search for the man, who is described as being approximately 160cm tall with a slim build and dark complexion.

He was wearing black track suit pants, a black hoodie and carrying a white clutch bag.

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Several people on the beach were spotted with binoculars.

A rescue helicopter was sent to the scene.

More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings on Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand.

The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within six hours charred about 39 square kilometres of trees and brush near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area about 64 kilometres from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are burning for a third week.

Though the region was under a red flag warning, winds were not as fast as they had been when those fires broke out, allowing for firefighting aircraft to dump tens of thousands of gallons of fire retardant.

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"The situation that we're in today is very different from the situation we were in 16 days ago," Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday evening.

There were no reported homes or other structures burned.

"This fire had a robust response today, and as you can see behind us, the responders are doing great work to try to contain this fire," Joe Tyler, director of Cal Fire, said.

"Certainly, we are not out of the woods yet."

More than 31,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

Parts of Interstate 5 that had been closed reopened Wednesday evening.

A 48-kilometres stretch of the major north-south artery had been closed for emergency vehicles, to move equipment and to prevent accidents due to smoke billowing across the freeway.

Crews on the ground and in water-dropping aircraft tried to prevent the wind-driven fire from moving across the interstate and toward Castaic.

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Marrone said that because winds were not as strong as they were two weeks ago, aircraft crews were able to drop fire retardant on the south side of the fire, where the flames were moving, he said.

More than 4000 firefighters were assigned to the fire, he said.

Winds in the area were gusting at 67km/h in the afternoon but were expected to increase to 96km/h by later in the evening and Thursday, the National Weather Service said on the social platform X.

Kayla Amara drove to Castaic's Stonegate neighborhood to collect items from the home of a friend who had rushed to pick up her daughter at preschool.

As Amara was packing the car, she learned the fire had exploded in size and decided to hose down the property.

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"Other people are hosing down their houses, too. I hope there's a house here to return to," Amara said as police cars raced through the streets and flames engulfed trees on a hillside in the distance.

Amara, a nurse who lives in nearby Valencia, said she's been on edge for weeks as major blazes devastated Southern California.

"It's been stressful with those other fires, but now that this one is close to home it's just super stressful," she said.

To the south, Los Angeles officials began to prepare for potential rain even as some residents were allowed to return to the charred Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas.

Gusty weather was expected to last through Thursday and precipitation was possible starting Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

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"Rains are in the forecast and the threat of mud and debris flow in our fire-impacted communities is real," Supervisor Kathryn Barger said during a Wednesday morning news conference.

Fire crews were filling sandbags for communities while county workers installed barriers and cleared drainage pipes and basins.

Red flag warnings for critical fire risk were extended through 10am on Friday in LA and Ventura counties.

Officials remained concerned that the Palisades and Eaton fires could break their containment lines as firefighters continue watching for hot spots.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned that winds could carry ash and advised Angelenos to visit the city's website to learn how to protect themselves from toxic air during the latest Santa Ana wind event.

LA County public health director Barbara Ferrer cautioned that the ash could contain heavy metals, arsenic and other harmful materials.

"Even a brief exposure can potentially cause skin irritation and lead to more serious problems," Ferrer said on Wednesday, asking people to wear protective gear while cleaning up.

The low humidity, bone-dry vegetation and strong winds came as firefighters continued battling the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have killed at least 28 people and destroyed more than 14,000 structures since they broke out January 7. Containment of the Palisades Fire reached 68 per cent, and the Eaton Fire was at 91 per cent.

Luna said Wednesday that his department was still investigating 22 active missing person reports in both fire zones. All of those reported missing are adults, he said.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is investigating the causes of the fires but has not released any findings.

Several lawsuits have been filed by people who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire, alleging Southern California Edison's equipment sparked the blaze.

On Tuesday, a judge overseeing one of the lawsuits ordered the utility to produce data from circuits in the area where the fire started.

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