Gold Coast and Airport lines running again after grass fire causes long delays

Gold Coast and Airport lines running again after grass fire causes long delays

Commuters faced delays of up to an hour,with Queensland Rail calling in replacement buses and taxis.

  • byToby Crockford

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Family toll revealed after'easy going'truck driver's house fire death
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Family toll revealed after'easy going'truck driver's house fire death

Michael Luck was found inside the burnt-out Woodridge home on Sunday after fire crews worked to bring the blaze under control from just after midnight.

  • byMatt Dennien
Crews keep bushfire flames from bayside Brisbane homes

Crews keep bushfire flames from bayside Brisbane homes

The fire broke out in a reserve between Camille Crescent and Malabar Street in Wynnum West just after 1.30pm,with multiple fire crews responding.

  • byMatt Dennien
Gold Coast hinterland blaze downgraded after air support called in

Gold Coast hinterland blaze downgraded after air support called in

The bushfire started on Thursday afternoon,with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services warning residents to'prepare to leave'at 12.45pm on Friday.

  • byMatt Dennien
House fire in Brisbane leaves man with leg burns

House fire in Brisbane leaves man with leg burns

Emergency services were called to the blaze just before 3pm to find the upper floor of the two-storey building engulfed.

  • byMatt Dennien
Neighbour helps woman escape fatal Brisbane house fire
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Neighbour helps woman escape fatal Brisbane house fire

A man and woman in their 70s had been in the Acacia Ridge home last night when the blaze broke out. He was later found dead inside.

  • byMatt Dennien
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No bodies in sunken boats as hunt continues for Gold Coast marina arsonists
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No bodies in sunken boats as hunt continues for Gold Coast marina arsonists

Witnesses told police they saw two men throwing an accelerant,believed to be petrol,on one boat and the flames spread from there.

  • byMatt Dennien andToby Crockford
Firies cleared for hazard reduction burns but with new hygiene rules

Firies cleared for hazard reduction burns but with new hygiene rules

Bosses have told brigades to prioritise burns that benefit the wider community and they must work under new hygiene requirements.

  • byMark Solomons
Fire service to consider mandatory caravan smoke alarms after man's death

Fire service to consider mandatory caravan smoke alarms after man's death

A Queensland coroner has made the recommendation after an eight-day inquest into the death of the army veteran at a lakeside Somerset caravan park in 2016.

  • byMatt Dennien
Brisbane house fire'suspicious'as woman,50,rallies in hospital
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Brisbane house fire'suspicious'as woman,50,rallies in hospital

Paramedics resuscitated the resident at the scene after firefighters pulled her from the Chermside inferno.

  • byToby Crockford andMatt Dennien
Fire ban lifts in Queensland national parks before Australia Day weekend

Fire ban lifts in Queensland national parks before Australia Day weekend

"We know having a campfire is an important part of long weekend activities for visitors,"the Department of Environment and Science said.

  • byToby Crockford