Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears

Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears

Towns in Victoria’s south-west face a nervous wait overnight as some bushfires continue to burn out of control,even as a coming cool change is expected to bring wild winds and heavy rainfall.

  • bySherryn Groch,Gemma Grant andBianca Hall

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Woman dies in Forest Hill house fire

Woman dies in Forest Hill house fire

An elderly Forest Hill woman has died in a house fire on Wednesday night,believed to have been started from clothing being dried in front of a heater that ignited.

  • byShelby Garlick
Owner of burnt West End restaurant ‘doesn’t know’ why it was targeted

Owner of burnt West End restaurant ‘doesn’t know’ why it was targeted

Sami Alsabag discovered the damage this morning,after CCTV footage captured two suspects fleeing overnight.

  • byWilliam Davis
Second possible e-scooter battery fire on same inner-city street
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Second possible e-scooter battery fire on same inner-city street

Fire investigators are working to determine if an e-scooter battery started a blaze that ripped through a New Farm unit.

  • byCloe Read
Submarine shipyard fire in England may affect Australia’s deal

Submarine shipyard fire in England may affect Australia’s deal

Police said two people were taken to hospital and advised residents nearby to remain indoors while urging there was “no nuclear risk” to the community.

  • byRob Harris
New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source
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New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source

Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.

  • byBen Cubby andCarrie Fellner
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Girl,13,arrested after fire with 60-metre flames rips through school
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Girl,13,arrested after fire with 60-metre flames rips through school

A Geelong school has been forced to close after a fire with 60-metre flames ripped through overnight,one day after students returned from school holidays.

  • byAlex Crowe
Fire crew expects to find babysitter’s body in home where girl died

Fire crew expects to find babysitter’s body in home where girl died

An eight-year-old who loved shopping and socialising and whose family nicknamed her “Turtle” has died in an inferno east of Brisbane.

  • byWilliam Davis andCameron Atfield
The Lussh venue had no fire insurance,blaze was the third in months:owner

The Lussh venue had no fire insurance,blaze was the third in months:owner

The owner of the Woolloongabba wedding venue has revealed she had no fire insurance before a massive inferno destroyed the heritage-listed building.

  • byCatherine Strohfeldt
Bravery award for Nick Karigiannis
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Bravery award for Nick Karigiannis

Karigiannis was honoured by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley AC QC.

Wedding industry rallies around The Lussh after inferno collapses roof

Wedding industry rallies around The Lussh after inferno collapses roof

The heritage-listed hall was so badly damaged investigators may never determine the cause of the fire. And,for now,there are nuptials to reorganise.

  • byCatherine Strohfeldt