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E-scooter battery sparked New Farm blaze, two people remain critical
Fire investigators have confirmed an e-scooter caused the New Farm unit fire on Saturday that has left a man and a woman in a critical condition.
- by Cloe Read and Courtney Kruk
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Copenhagen
Denmark’s Notre-Dame moment: Fire engulfs Old Stock Exchange filled with priceless art
Passers-by rushed to save priceless paintings and valuables when a fire broke out in one of Copenhagen’s most famous buildings.
- by Jan Olsen
Could planned burns be making our forests more flammable?
Hazard-reduction burns are designed to clear undergrowth and reduce the risk of large-scale bushfires. But the science is far from settled.
- by Bianca Hall
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Emergency services
Hack attack sparked months of delays for firefighters
A 2022 cyberattack that hobbled the fire service’s dispatch system delayed crews rushing to burning buildings and forced them to use a manual back-up scheme for eight months.
- by Rachel Eddie
Man found dead in Alkimos house fire
Emergency crews rushed to a fire in Alkimos around 10.35pm on Monday, with firefighters extinguishing the blaze.Â
- by Heather McNeill
Couple rushed to hospital after barbecue catches alight at Adelaide Bunnings
A couple has been rushed to hospital with burns after a barbecue catches fire at a Bunnings sausage sizzle in Adelaide.
Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island
A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
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Bushfires
Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south
Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said it was a testament to firefighters’ efforts that no lives were lost.
- by Daile Cross and Heather McNeill
Exclusion zone around large fire in Brisbane lifted
A large blaze in Brisbane’s south-east prompted police to impose a broad exclusion zone, which has since been revoked.
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Bushfires
Bedfordale bushfire being treated as suspicious
An watch and act has now replaced an emergency warning that saw residents evacuate their homes in the suburbs of Bedfordale and Ashendon near Armadale.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Marked underworld figure targeted in fire that destroyed innocent family business
A milk bar linked to Sam Abdulrahim was torched in Sunshine West on Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks related to the underworld figure as part of the illicit tobacco war.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Chris Vedelago