Tag: Fires
Fires rage across drought-ravaged Brazil
Much of Brazil is under a state of emergency as more than 1,000 bushfires continue to burn across the country. [MORE]
Burning road sign causes traffic chaos
An electronic traffic advisory board has caused peak hour trouble in Sydney after an electrical fault caused it to catch fire.[MORE]
$250k reward for information on house fire death
Major Crime Detectives in Darwin believe someone travelling in the north-west of Western Australia may have information about the death of an eight-year-old boy in a house fire. [MORE]
NT firefighter nears end of 9/11 run across US
NT firefighter running across the US to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks is nearing the end of his journey. [MORE]
Fire at bakery considered suspicious
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a kebab shop in the Perth suburb of Heathridge.[MORE]
Wildfires destroy over 400 homes in Siberia
Wildfires swept through several villages in Siberia, burning down over 400 homes on Wednesday, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said, following a wave of blazes that killed over 50 people earlier in the summer.[MORE]
Mattresses catch fire in police station
Firefighters were called to the Geraldton Police Complex yesterday after reports of a fire in the station's lock up.[MORE]
Police treat unit fire as suspicious
Fire investigators will examine what remains of a hotel unit near Warrenheip on the outskirts of Ballarat today.[MORE]
Cowra hotel fire prompts evacuation
The cause of an early morning fire at a Cowra hotel is still being determined.[MORE]
Authorities fight fertiliser blaze on Bruce Highway
A firefighter has been taken to hospital in far north Queensland after attending the scene of a fertiliser fire. [MORE]
Hundreds evacuated as silo burns
Hundreds of people have been evacuated at Wallaroo in SA because of a fire at the town's silo complex.[MORE]
Fire crews fight auto shop blaze
More than 60 firefighters are trying to put out a blaze at a shop in Sydney's south this morning.[MORE]
Brumby urged to reconsider power upgrade
Victorian Premier John Brumby is being urged to reconsider the decision not to upgrade all power lines as recommended by the Bushfires Royal Commission.[MORE]
Residents taken to hospital after apartment fire
Around 50 people have been evacuated from an apartment block after fire broke out in a unit on Sydney's north shore overnight.[MORE]
Arrests made over church blaze
There has been a deliberate fire in a church at Port Augusta in South Australia.[MORE]
Two killed as Russian wildfires spark again
A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.[MORE]
New fire shed to open at Candelo
A Bega Valley Rural Fire Service brigade on the New South Wales far south coast will officially open its new $100,000 fire shed tomorrow.[MORE]
Family escapes from burning house
A family on Queensland's Gold Coast escaped from a burning house at Burleigh Waters overnight.[MORE]
Gold Coast family escapes house fire
A Gold Coast family has escaped from a burning house at Burleigh Waters overnight.[MORE]
Residents call for urgent Gibbons Bridge repairs
A petition with more than 300 signatures has been handed to the Mount Alexander Shire Council calling for urgent repairs to a bridge burnt in a Black Saturday bushfire.[MORE]
Country Energy reviews power line management
A Tooma farmer says he is sure Country Energy is reviewing its power line management after last year's bushfires.[MORE]
Volunteers will investigate bushfire causes
The Queensland Government says volunteers will help investigate whether bushfires have been deliberately lit.[MORE]
South coast bush fires under control
The bushfire danger period has started, with several fires already burning on the New South Wales south coast.[MORE]
Police investigate suspicious driveway fire
Busselton police are investigating a fire that gutted a car and a boat in a driveway in Busselton.[MORE]
