Sydneysiders have been left puzzled after discovering multiple electrical boxes positioned almost right in the middle of a footpath in a suburb in the city’s southeast.

A bushfire triggered by dry lightning has closed a popular walking track and global tourist draw, as firefighters battle to control the “uncontained” fire.

The cramped 35sqm apartment in Sydney was viewed by almost 600 people before it sold for a eye-watering $2.32million.