Twenty-one people were injured Bodily_harm , including eleven firefighters .

the operative intervention of military firefighters of unk ' inspectorate for emergency situations had saved Rescuing 20 people , including four children .

As many as 3,000 firefighters including 800 Washington National Guard members were deployed Arranging to fight Defending the fires Catastrophe .

A portion of the building Building collapsed Destroying ; firefighters spent Expend_resource days working Being_in_operation to fully extinguish Emptying the blaze .

The Premier of New South Wales Barry O'Farrell declared Expressing_publicly a state of emergency Emergency on 20 October , empowering firefighters to evict Removing residents and demolish Emptying fire-affected buildings .

The emergency saw the largest number of volunteers called Request to duty from across Australia at the same time—an estimated 130,000 firefighters , defence force personnel , relief Assistance workers and support Supporting crews .