Emergency services have responded to Clarke St in Vaucluse at 4.00am after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed.

At around 12.15am fire crews responded to calls for assistance after smoke was coming from a laundry on Old South Head Rd in Vaucluse.

Three are on the run after two cars crashed on Miltary Rd in Dover Heights overnight.

A NSW ambulance and car have crashed overnight whilst paramedics were responding to a medical call.

Three men have escaped injury after the car they were driving had lost control and crashed into the front of a home in Matraville.

A woman has been arrested following a police operation in Baird Ave in Matraville this morning.

Police from Eastern Suburbs local area command gathered in large numbers to systematically shut down Biddigal Reserve, Ben Buckler and surrounding grassed areas including the beach after large crowds gathered.