Kathy Altham left with nothing after a house fire destroyed her Wickepin home while her dog was still inside
A Wickepin woman is devastated after a house fire destroyed her home with her dog still inside.
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The perpetrator's arm catches fire in a ramming attack on a bicycle shop in Melbourne
A perpetrator's arm has caught fire after a suspected ram attack in Melbourne's inner north. The garage door of a business on Lygon Street in Brunswick was rammed around 2:55 a.m. Tuesday.
8-year-old girl killed in Queensland house fire, woman missing
An eight-year-old girl has died and a woman in her 30s is yet to be found after a horrific fire destroyed a suburban home. Emergency crews were called to a house on Bayside Court in Thorneside, east of Brisbane, at around 7.15am on Sunday morning.
Wet years trigger increased bushfire warnings at the start of the official fire season
Firefighters in one state were called to 1,600 fires within three months, before “fire season” even officially began.
Increased fire risk on the east coast ahead of widespread rainfall across much of the country
Due to hot spring air, an enhanced fire warning is being issued on the central east coast ahead of heavy rains in northeast New South Wales this week. Forecasts from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction show that most of the rainfall over the next seven days will be concentrated in the Lismore area.
One dead, another arrested after suspicious house fire
Police are investigating after a man was found dead following a house fire in northwest Victoria.
Cuballing firefighter receives Murray Lang Bush Fire Service Award at WA Fire and Emergency Services Awards
A Wheatbelt volunteer firefighter has received the highest personal award a bush fire volunteer can receive from the government for his unwavering courage and outstanding contribution to public safety. Anthony “Morty” Mort, Captain of the Cuballing/Popanyinning Bush Fire Brigade, received the Murray Lang Bush Fire Service Award at the Crown Perth on 7 September.
Fire in Canning Vale: Agnes Koh recounts the moment her adult son helped her escape from the burning house on Southacre Drive
A mother told how her son desperately tried to put out a fire at their Canning Vale home, just moments after being confronted with flames and explosions.
Fire protection is being strengthened ahead of the drastic spring warning
Queensland is preparing its aerial firefighting fleet as bushfire risk is expected to be high in spring and summer.
London Fire Brigade extinguishes fire in high-rise building
Firefighters in southeast London said they had tackled a fire in a high-rise apartment building.