NSW: Abandoned high school destroyed by fire

AN ABANDONED building that once served as a high school in Sydney’s south has been destroyed by fire.

Emergency crews were called to the former school grounds on Willarong Road at Caringbah shortly after 3pm yesterday.

Police closed off surrounding streets as multiple fire crews were called on to extinguish the large blaze.

Fortunately, no one was inside the building at the time of the fire.