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High-end electric car recalled due to battery fire risk

High-end electric car recalled due to battery fire risk

More than 200 high-end electric sports cars from Porsche have been recalled due to insufficient sealing around their batteries that could lead to a fire.

Stay away: major emergency warning for Queensland fire

Stay away: major emergency warning for Queensland fire

Stay away: major emergency warning for Queensland fire

Stay away: major emergency warning for Queensland fire

People who have left the vicinity of an out-of-control bushfire in Queensland's Fraser Coast region have been warned to stay away as conditions remain unsafe.

Fire threat reduced in Alice Springs

Fire threat reduced in Alice Springs

Fire threat reduced in Alice Springs

Fire threat reduced in Alice Springs

The NT Fire and Rescue Service says the threat from a bushfire burning near an Alice Springs suburb has reduced.

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Brief reprieve for fire crews ahead of hot, dry weather

Brief reprieve for fire crews ahead of hot, dry weather

More than 400 NSW firefighters will use cool weather over the weekend to extinguish blazes ahead of a return to dry conditions.

Emergency at high-tech energy plant stabilised

Emergency at high-tech energy plant stabilised

Firefighters and scientific experts have been called in to deal with a dangerous heat build-up at a NSW plant producing blocks that sit at temperatures of 600C.

Cooler weather helps crews extinguish blazes across NSW

Cooler weather helps crews extinguish blazes across NSW

Rain and cooler weather have helped firefighters extinguish most of the fires burning across NSW this week but one region is expected to remain in high danger.

More than 100 Vic homes may be inundated as rivers rise

More than 100 Vic homes may be inundated as rivers rise

Victorian rivers are flooding after days of heavy rain, especially in the east where residents have been told to leave due to increased threat.

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Three homes lost in destructive NSW bushfire

Three homes lost in destructive NSW bushfire

Three homes lost in destructive NSW bushfire

Three homes lost in destructive NSW bushfire

Easing conditions have allowed fire crews to start counting the homes lost after a large blaze rushed through coastal communities in southern NSW.

Aussies warned to brace for more e-bike battery fires

Aussies warned to brace for more e-bike battery fires

Aussies warned to brace for more e-bike battery fires

Aussies warned to brace for more e-bike battery fires

Damaged and faulty e-scooters and e-bikes are catching fire at an alarming rate in Australia, experts have warned, after a blaze in a Sydney hostel.

Rain slows fire but risk remains on Bass Strait island

Rain slows fire but risk remains on Bass Strait island

Rain slows fire but risk remains on Bass Strait island

Rain slows fire but risk remains on Bass Strait island

A bushfire which threatened properties on Flinders Island in Bass Strait has been slowed by rain but the threat remains for residents.

Victoria's fire threat focus shifts to flash flood risk

Victoria's fire threat focus shifts to flash flood risk

Victoria's fire threat focus shifts to flash flood risk

Victoria's fire threat focus shifts to flash flood risk

The threat from two blazes burning in eastern Victoria is expected to ease, with a severe weather warning issued over damaging winds and heavy rain.

Sydney on high alert as 100 fires burn around the state

Sydney on high alert as 100 fires burn around the state

Sydney on high alert as 100 fires burn around the state

Sydney on high alert as 100 fires burn around the state

As Sydney and seven other NSW regions face surging temperatures and total fire bans, a blaze near Mudgee has sparked an emergency warning.

Bass Strait island bushfire puts properties in danger

Bass Strait island bushfire puts properties in danger

Bass Strait island bushfire puts properties in danger

Bass Strait island bushfire puts properties in danger

Homes and properties are under threat from an out-of-control bushfire on Flinders Island in Bass Strait.

WA bushfire warning downgraded to watch and act

WA bushfire warning downgraded to watch and act

WA bushfire warning downgraded to watch and act

WA bushfire warning downgraded to watch and act

A bushfire warning for residents of Albany in Western Australia has been downgraded from emergency to watch and act.

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Sydney heat records tumble as fires burn in Victoria

Locals and campers have been told to flee an out-of-control bushfire in Victoria's Gippsland region as Sydney sweats through its hottest October day on record.

More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding fire

Flares lit during celebrations at a wedding in Iraq are believed to have sparked a fire that killed more than 100 people and injured 150 others.

Toddler's shed fire death ruled an accident

The death of a three-year-old boy in a shed fire in Tasmania has been ruled an accident by the coroner.

Tesla battery fire expected to burn for days

A Tesla battery fire at Genex-owed battery storage facility in central Queensland is expected to burn for days and residents are being urged to stay indoors.

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PM urges Australians to prepare for the worst on fires

Australia's governments and emergency agencies are being stress-tested ahead of a drier and hotter summer that carries the potential of devastating bushfires.

Chaotic rescue as smoke, fire trap care block residents

People sought refuge on balconies and made panicked calls to triple zero when they became trapped inside a burning residential care facility.

Floods, cyclones, bushfires: summer shocker on cards

Bushfires and heatwaves are only some of the natural disasters Australia should prepare for in coming months, an emergency management expert has warned.

Man arrested for allegedly lighting 80 fires across NT

A man has been arrested for allegedly lighting fires across the Northern Territory, which is bracing for one of its worst fire seasons in recent years.

Queensland on bushfire alert as spring heat fans fears

Fire crews remain on high alert as unseasonably hot spring weather sends temperatures soaring to almost 40C in parts of Queensland.

Cooler weather brings relief as firies battle blazes

Firefighters are looking to take advantage of cooler conditions as they battle to control several blazes and carry out vital hazard-reduction burns.

Cool change gives small relief to fire crews across NSW

NSW communities near the Queensland border and on Sydney's western fringe have been told to prepare to take action as multiple bushfires burn across the state.

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