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Latest news: Fire
'Heartbreaking' scenes as fire-hit communities rebuild
Residents in Victorian towns face a recovery that could last up to three years as locals return to survey the damage caused by bushfires to their properties.
Feb 16, 2024
Half of town lost to bushfire as residents count losses
Bushfire has destroyed more than 40 homes on the edge of a national park where residents are returning to take stock of the devastation.
Feb 16, 2024
Bushfire evacuees return to homes and businesses
Evacuees are starting to return to a town in Victoria's west where more than two dozen homes were lost to bushfires believed to have been sparked by lightning.
Feb 15, 2024
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Bushfire downgraded after campers, residents evacuated
A bushfire on Tasmania's northeast coast has been downgraded after it forced the evacuation of campers and residents.
Feb 15, 2024
Cheap, damaged e-scooters may be banned in apartments
Apartment managers will be encouraged to restrict the use of e-scooter "cheap imports" in by-laws and educate residents about using technology safely.
Feb 15, 2024
Bushfire battle goes on after homes burnt in Grampians
Bushfire threat levels in Victoria's west have been reduced but fire crews are still working to contain multiple blazes.
Feb 15, 2024
Pomonal residents sheltering after raging fire
Residents in a small town in Victoria's west were forced to flee for their lives after an out-of-control bushfire ripped through their town.
Feb 14, 2024
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Communities still in the dark after destructive storms
A dairy farmer is dead and around 135,000 properties remain without power in Victoria after storms knocked down transmission towers and lines.
Feb 14, 2024
Homes lost as bushfires continue to burn
Bushfires have destroyed an unknown number of homes and volunteer firefighters have suffered minor burns while battling blazes in Victoria's west.
Feb 14, 2024
Homes lost and firefighters injured as bushfires rage
Three fires are raging out of control in Victoria with people near the Grampians National Park ordered to shelter while those in Ballarat were told to evacuate.
Feb 13, 2024
Schools, parks close as catastrophic conditions tipped
Schools and national parks will close as parts of Victoria face the first catastrophic fire conditions since the Black Summer of 2019-20.
Feb 12, 2024
Climate change fuelling Australia's eighth-warmest year
Australia sweltered through its eighth-warmest year on record in 2023, according to a new report from the Bureau of Meteorology.
Feb 08, 2024
Firefighting water bombers drop sewage water onto homes
Authorities have issued an alert after firefighting helicopters accidentally dropped effluent while battling a blaze in Perth's northeast.
Feb 08, 2024
Victorian firefighting service posts $170 million loss
Fire Rescue Victoria made a $170 million loss, missed its structure fire response time benchmark and remains unsure if data hacked in 2022 is on the dark web.
Feb 08, 2024
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Bushfire near RAAF base in Perth's northeast downgraded
A bushfire warning for a blaze in Perth's northeastern suburbs at Bullsbrook has been downgraded after earlier posing a threat to life and property.
Feb 07, 2024
Fires kill 123 in Chile, toll expected to keep rising
At least 123 people have been killed by forest fires in central Chile, officials say.
Feb 06, 2024
Solar battery faces compulsory recall after house fires
Australia's consumer watchdog is weighing up whether to issue a compulsory recall for an LG solar battery after 13 fires, including one that destroyed a house.
Feb 05, 2024
Chile forest fires kill 112, hundreds still missing
At least 112 people have been killed and hundreds are still missing as wildfires sweep through central Chile.
Feb 05, 2024
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Fires kill at least 51 in Chile, toll likely to rise
Authorities are concerned the death toll from forest fires raging across Chile will rise.
Feb 04, 2024
Gas truck explosion torches Kenya depot, killing three
At least three people are dead and hundreds more are injured after a gas truck exploded at a refilling plant in Kenya's capital.
Feb 02, 2024
Black Summer victims in 'dilemma' over $4.5m payout
Bushfire victims won $4.5 million in damages over a Black Summer blaze, but up to 70 people will have to split what is left after hefty legal costs.
Feb 02, 2024
Charges dropped over bushfire that razed 86 homes
Prosecutors have discontinued criminal charges against a man accused of starting a massive bushfire that destroyed 86 homes in Perth in 2021.
Feb 01, 2024
Woman's body found after house fire, children saved
The body of a woman has been found in a burnt out Perth home after firefighters rescued two children who emerged unscathed from the blaze.
Jan 30, 2024
Volunteer firefighter dies responding to suss blaze
A member of the Country Fire Authority has collapsed and died while responding to a suspicious fire in Victoria's west.
Jan 30, 2024
Out-of-control bushfire downgraded in WA's south
Authorities have downgraded the warning level for an unpredictable bushfire in Western Australia's south after people were evacuated from the area.
Jan 29, 2024
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