A deafening blast,then a searing fire as horror unfolds on quiet street

A deafening blast,then a searing fire as horror unfolds on quiet street

The explosion sounded like a bomb going off in the dead of night. As their walls shook from the blast,neighbours called emergency services and ran out of their homes.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andCassandra Morgan

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Fire rips through home in Melbourne’s north-west
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Fire rips through home in Melbourne’s north-west

A fire engulfed a home at Sydenham at Melbourne’s north-west on Sunday,September 8,leaving three children aged under five with life-threatening injuries. Credit:Supplied

Body found after major blaze in warehouse

Body found after major blaze in warehouse

The fire started at a marine engineering warehouse in O’Connor just after 3.30pm on Saturday.

  • byMelissa Meehan
‘Should never have happened’:Grenfell Tower fire inquiry cites ‘incompetence’,‘greed’

‘Should never have happened’:Grenfell Tower fire inquiry cites ‘incompetence’,‘greed’

The deaths of 72 people in the fire in June 2017 were “all avoidable”,the chairman of the inquiry into the disaster has said.

  • byRob Harris
The fire at Berrys Bay on Sunday night
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The fire at Berrys Bay on Sunday night

The blaze in Sydney Harbour has threatened the historic SS South Steyne,a former Manly ferry.

Sydney Harbour fire threatens heritage-listed former Manly ferry

Sydney Harbour fire threatens heritage-listed former Manly ferry

Fire and rescue crews were called to Berrys Bay where a derelict boat was alight near the SS South Steyne,on which Queen Elizabeth II took a cruise in 1988.

  • byChris Barrett
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Firefighters battle blaze at London’s historic Somerset House

Firefighters battle blaze at London’s historic Somerset House

The large Renaissance building on the Thames is home to 100 art,business and social enterprises.

  • byMark Ludlow
On the firefront:Aussies lend expert hand to battle US blazes

On the firefront:Aussies lend expert hand to battle US blazes

Sydney Morning Herald chief photographer Nick Moir has joined NSW RFS members and thousands of firefighters from across the US who are attempting to slow the destructive progress of the raging California Fire Park fires.

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Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula

Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula

At the site where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops in 1915,the flames reached Canterbury Cemetery,where 22 soldiers from New Zealand are interred.

  • byRob Harris
‘We don’t count’:Resident fury over toxic fires plaguing the west
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‘We don’t count’:Resident fury over toxic fires plaguing the west

Angry residents say EPA and the state government are ignoring the damage that frequent toxic blazes are causing.

  • byCara Waters
Bravery award for man who rescued neighbour from fire
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Bravery award for man who rescued neighbour from fire

Northcote man Frank Catena risked his life by entering a burning house