Residents in an apartment block which sits above the newly-built M4 WestConnex tunnel in Sydney's inner west were evacuated after cracks appeared in the building.
Firefighters were called to Green Trees apartment complex on Knocklayde Street in Ashfield about 3:30am after the cracks appeared and movement was detected in the building.
The building is about 20 years old, but firefighters said it was too early to determine the cause and were investigating the car park and the M4 tunnel underneath.
NSW Fire and Rescue said the cracking was localised to one corner unit in the three-storey building and a total of six units were evacuated.
"On arrival we did confirm there has been some minor movement of the building so we commenced evacuations of approximately 10 people," said Superintendent Adam Dewberry.
"We've also isolated the power and other utilities for safety reasons."
Members from WestConnex, public works engineers and the Inner West Council were onsite investigating.
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