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Auburn, NSW: Man barricades himself inside a house surrounded with an accelerant in tense standoff

Tense confrontation with heavily armed police as man barricades himself inside a house after pouring accelerant around the property

  • Man involved in tense confrontation with police
  • He’s barricaded in his house in Auburn, western Sydney
  • Police say they have not yet had any contact with the man
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A man barricaded himself in a home surrounded by a gas accelerator in an ongoing standoff with police.

The man locked himself in a home in Auburn, western Sydney, and poured an accelerator through the property at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Police, firefighters and tactical officers in camouflage clothing are depicted standing outside the house.

A spokesperson for NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia that negotiators had yet to make contact with the man.

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A man barricaded himself in a house surrounded by a gas accelerator in an ongoing confrontation with police (pictured, tactical officers outside the house)

The man locked himself in a house in Auburn, western Sydney, and poured an accelerator through the property around 1:30pm on Sunday (pictured, firefighters outside the house)

The man locked himself in a house in Auburn, western Sydney, and poured an accelerator through the property around 1:30pm on Sunday (pictured, firefighters outside the house)

A spokesman for NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia that negotiators had yet to make contact with the man in the house (pictured, police on scene)

A spokesman for NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia that negotiators had yet to make contact with the man in the house (pictured, police on scene)