Six bodies found in wreckage of burnt-out island home
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Fire

Six bodies found in wreckage of burnt-out island home

Police confirmed late on Sunday that six bodies – believed to be those of five young boys and their father – had been found after fire tore through three houses on Russell Island.

  • byCameron Atfield

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Human remains,gas bottles found in debris of exploded house
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Queensland

Human remains,gas bottles found in debris of exploded house

A crew at the scene found four nine-kilogram gas bottles in “what was believed to be the living room”.

  • byCloe Read
Woman falls 30 metres from lookout near Mount Tamborine

Woman falls 30 metres from lookout near Mount Tamborine

Crews rush to rescue a woman from bushland after she fell from the Cameron Falls lookout.

  • byTony Moore
Izzy’s fire crew ‘broken up’ over her death,bosses probed over breathing gear
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Queensland

Izzy’s fire crew ‘broken up’ over her death,bosses probed over breathing gear

Assistant Commissioner John Cawcutt said Izabella Nash was an experienced firefighter,and would always be the first person out to help new firefighters learn.

  • byCloe Read
Queensland Fire copyright row almost hosed down basketball partnership

Queensland Fire copyright row almost hosed down basketball partnership

QFES’s copyright dispute with a women’s cricket team threatened to derail a partnership announcement with a Townsville-based WNBL side.

  • byCameron Atfield
QFES and Cricket Queensland hold fire on trademark dispute

QFES and Cricket Queensland hold fire on trademark dispute

The cricketing body insists it can “co-exist” with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services after the agency took umbrage at attempts to trademark the Queensland Fire team name.

  • byCameron Atfield
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Man stabbed near heart,locked on balcony as woman ‘sets fire’ to belongings

Man stabbed near heart,locked on balcony as woman ‘sets fire’ to belongings

Police believe the man’s partner had attacked her,before smoke alarms woke the sleeping children who were trapped in the house.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
How to avoid being the next victim of an e-scooter fire

How to avoid being the next victim of an e-scooter fire

Dramatic photos have been released showing the aftermath of multiple e-scooter fires in Queensland. Here’s how you can avoid a potentially fatal blaze.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Qld agency fires up over cricket team’s trademark claim
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Qld agency fires up over cricket team’s trademark claim

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has launched legal action after a female cricket team tried to trademark its own name.

  • byCameron Atfield
Catastrophe:Six dead,others missing or being rescued

Catastrophe:Six dead,others missing or being rescued

South-east Queensland is saturated,communities are stranded,and the high tide on Sunday morning has pushed the Brisbane River into the suburbs.

  • byStuart Layt
Woman taken to hospital after blast at Gorden Tallis’ home

Woman taken to hospital after blast at Gorden Tallis’ home

The woman was taken to hospital with burns after a reported gas bottle explosion at the home of the former rugby league great.

  • byCloe Read