An alert has been reinstated for an area of south-east Queensland just hours after it was downgraded on Sunday morning.
Engineers are expected to work into the night to stabilise the home with fears it could collapse onto adjoining properties.
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.
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.
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.
Issues around lithium battery safety,like encouraging use of smoke alarms,is one of education.
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.
A fourth sibling remained in a critical condition in hospital following the backyard blaze that claimed the lives of her brothers and sister.
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.
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.
A community advice warning has been issued for smoke near the town of Yering,as police investigate how the clubhouse was razed by fire.