Dogs to search for human remains after walls of fire-damaged Surry Hills building are demolished

Two people among 15 sleeping rough in the former hat factory the night before blaze remain unaccounted for, as crime scene officers prepare equipment

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Authorities are preparing to demolish the remaining walls of a dilapidated Sydney building damaged in an inferno last week, as the clean-up operation continues to keep roads closed and halt construction work.

Two people among 15 sleeping rough in the building the night before the blaze remain unaccounted for and, once the demolition works are completed, specialist crime scene officers will use cadaver-detection dogs and forensic imaging as sections of the rubble are removed.

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