‘Pay up’:Anonymous caller’s alleged threat to Melbourne tobacco store

‘Pay up’:Anonymous caller’s alleged threat to Melbourne tobacco store

Arsonists attacked two tobacconists in Ballarat on Thursday morning,hours before police announced two men had been charged in a separate matter relating to a Craigieburn shop.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAlex Crowe

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Mystery surrounds 71-year-old man’s arson attack

Mystery surrounds 71-year-old man’s arson attack

A frail man has pleaded guilty to deliberately lighting a fire that engulfed a Sydney house with two teenagers inside.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
‘Nothing was stopping this thing’:Escape from Pomonal as wind change drove bushfire into town

‘Nothing was stopping this thing’:Escape from Pomonal as wind change drove bushfire into town

About 20 properties are reported to have been wiped out by the blaze,but on Wednesday afternoon many residents of Pomonal were still in the dark about whether their homes had survived.

  • byClay Lucas andLachlan Abbott
Volunteer firefighters tell of narrow escape from ‘wave’ of fire

Volunteer firefighters tell of narrow escape from ‘wave’ of fire

A sudden wind shift turned 40-centimetre flames into a wall of raging fire and led to a life-or-death situation for firefighters battling to protect the Grampians town of Pomonal.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Kwinana residents told to stay in as warehouse fire spreads toxic smoke
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Wesfarmers

Kwinana residents told to stay in as warehouse fire spreads toxic smoke

Residents in nine suburbs near the Kwinana industrial strip south of Perth were told to remain inside while a fire raged at a fertiliser warehouse on Friday.

  • byPeter Milne
‘You can’t get out the window if you’re on the 20th floor’:Buildings act on risky e-bikes
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‘You can’t get out the window if you’re on the 20th floor’:Buildings act on risky e-bikes

A proliferation of fires associated with charging e-bikes and scooters has made strata committees rethink allowing them in buildings.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Man fighting for life after suspicious fire at Sydney home

Man fighting for life after suspicious fire at Sydney home

Police are investigating reports multiple people were seen fleeing the scene.

  • byDaniella White
Fears death toll will rise after massive gas explosion burns homes and warehouses
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Kenya

Fears death toll will rise after massive gas explosion burns homes and warehouses

A vehicle loaded with gas caused the explosion in the early hours of the morning in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

  • byTom Odula
Woman found dead after Roleystone house fire
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Perth

Woman found dead after Roleystone house fire

Two children escaped the house fire,but emergency crews later made the grim discovery of their mother’s body inside.

  • byHeather McNeill andJake Battrick
Ebikes and scooters keep catching fire. What can be done about it?

Ebikes and scooters keep catching fire. What can be done about it?

Submissions to a parliamentary inquiry warn of the dangers of an unregulated market of bikes and untested safety equipment.

  • byMary Ward
E-bike blaze destroys Bondi unit,residents escape through window

E-bike blaze destroys Bondi unit,residents escape through window

A faulty e-bike battery left to charge overnight is to blame for a destructive North Bondi fire,with the four occupants losing all their belongings.

  • byJessica McSweeney