Residents ordered to flee as crews battle large,fast-moving bushfire

Residents ordered to flee as crews battle large,fast-moving bushfire

An alert has been reinstated for an area of south-east Queensland just hours after it was downgraded on Sunday morning.

  • byKathryn Magann

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Body found after devastating Willoughby house fire

Body found after devastating Willoughby house fire

Engineers are expected to work into the night to stabilise the home with fears it could collapse onto adjoining properties.

  • bySarah McPhee andLaura Banks
The lab where everything is set alight to help save us from bushfires

The lab where everything is set alight to help save us from bushfires

In a laboratory north of Ballarat,scientists are setting fire to anything from twigs and grass to floorboards and power poles,as the state braces for a return of bushfire conditions this summer.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Suspicious fire claims Fish Creek football history

Suspicious fire claims Fish Creek football history

A blaze gutted the clubhouse of one of Victoria’s oldest and most successful country football teams,taking with it more than 100 years of irreplaceable memorabilia.

  • byRobyn Grace
Western Sydney warehouse fire forces highway closure

Western Sydney warehouse fire forces highway closure

The Great Western Highway is partially closed after a blaze that took more than 100 firefighters to bring under control forced emergency services to close the road.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Action needed to avert dangers of lithium battery use

Action needed to avert dangers of lithium battery use

Issues around lithium battery safety,like encouraging use of smoke alarms,is one of education.

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‘An intense jet flame’:Warning after spate of Sydney e-bike fires

‘An intense jet flame’:Warning after spate of Sydney e-bike fires

There has been a string of fires caused by faulty or misused e-bike chargers,with fire crews called to three incidents within 24 hours last week.

  • byMary Ward
Four-year-old boy dies after suffering critical burns in Geelong shed fire

Four-year-old boy dies after suffering critical burns in Geelong shed fire

A fourth sibling remained in a critical condition in hospital following the backyard blaze that claimed the lives of her brothers and sister.

  • byAlex Crowe
Tobacco shop set ablaze in another suspicious fire in Melbourne’s north

Tobacco shop set ablaze in another suspicious fire in Melbourne’s north

It is the second time the Hadfield tobacconist has been targeted as police probe a string of arson attacks linked to gang wars over the illicit tobacco trade and related extortion rackets.

  • byLachlan Abbott
‘Bravest kid I know’:Four-year-old used his body to shield siblings in burning shed

‘Bravest kid I know’:Four-year-old used his body to shield siblings in burning shed

Kane McGregor said his son,Isaac,suffered third-degree burns to 82 per cent of his body after attempting to shield his younger siblings who died in the Corio fire.

  • byLachlan Abbott
‘Engulfed in flames’ Fire crews battle blaze at Yarra Valley golf club

‘Engulfed in flames’ Fire crews battle blaze at Yarra Valley golf club

A community advice warning has been issued for smoke near the town of Yering,as police investigate how the clubhouse was razed by fire.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan