Residents in regional Victoria and parts of greater Melbourne are told to prepare for a dangerous bushfire season due to low rainfall and high fuel loads, as the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services shares its latest outlook.
Drone video shows fire engulfing slum area in Manila
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed after a fire ripped through the settlement near Manila's port.
Photo shows A man hoses the burnt remains of a shanty town on the Manila waterfront.Has Video Duration: 49 seconds.'Everything is gone': Fire tears through Manila slum area
About 1,000 homes have been reduced to wreckage and ashes after fire ripped through a slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.
Photo shows A man floats on an object while watching houses in burn in the background.Just two days after Ric's brigade had defibrillator training, they had to use one on a colleague
On the way to a job, volunteer fire fighter Robert Elliott went into cardiac arrest. Thanks to the actions of his colleagues, Mr Elliott survived.
Photo shows Robert Elliott stands with four men beside a fire truckChapel St nightclub fire causes major traffic disruptions in Melbourne
The extensive blaze, which broke out at the Lux nightclub in the early morning, is being treated as 'suspicious'.
Photo shows Chapel St Nightclub Blaze: Flames spill from the second storey of a heritage shopfront at night.Has Video Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds.Police investigating suspicious fire at Melbourne nightclub overnight
Around 50 firefighters were called to a blaze on Chapel Street in Prahran before 2am and police have set up a crime scene.
Photo shows The second story of a building on fire on Chapel Street.Residents had just minutes to react as fast-moving blaze tore through western Victoria
A fast-moving fire has flattened a house, severely damaged another and gutted 1,300 hectares of timber plantation and bushland in Victoria's west.
Photo shows A pile of rin roofing and burnt matter lay flat on the ground, blue gums in the backgroundArson chemists investigate blaze that destroyed and damaged homes
An arson chemist has spent the day investigating the fire-ground at Kadnook, in the state's west amid suspicions Saturday’s bushfire may have been deliberately lit.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds.Strong winds and fire conditions 'horrifying' as house lost in fire in Wimmera region
Mayor of the West Wimmera region describes the conditions as 'horrifying' as one home has been confirmed to have been lost.
Photo shows House lost in Wimmera fire: Fore burning through forest inset with image of man speaking from home office.Has Video Duration: 3 minutes .Rescuers broke windows to reach newborns as fire killed 10 babies in India
A fire has torn through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborns and injuring 16 others.
Photo shows A woman holds a child in her arms after a fire in IndiaFire rips through historic hotel in Adelaide's inner north
Police are investigating a fire which broke out at the site of a historic hotel in Adelaide's inner-northern suburb of Gilberton.
Photo shows A fire truck stationery blocking a street with smoke behind.'Suspicious' blaze erupts at West Melbourne warehouse
Around 150 apartment residents were evacuated when a massive blaze broke out at an abandoned warehouse on Spencer Street.
Photo shows Fire trucks arrive at a warehouse on fireHas Video Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds.Catastrophic fire warning issued as SA, Victoria brace for heat and wind
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Jonathan How says the extreme conditions in the Eastern Eyre and Yorke Peninsula be short-lived.
Photo shows Catastrophic fire threat: A scorching sun rises over a water surfaceHas Video Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds.Residents evacuated from Melbourne CBD hi-rise after 'suspicious' fire engulfs empty warehouse
An early-morning warehouse fire in West Melbourne that caused the evacuation of 150 apartment residents has been deemed suspicious.
Photo shows Red smoke drifts up from a factory on fire.Blaze breaks out at empty warehouse in Melbourne's CBD
Emergency services respond to a fire at a warehouse on Melbourne's Spencer Street.
Photo shows Firefighters and police officers surround a a warehouse on fireHas Video Duration: 47 seconds.Prescribed burns are used to reduce bushfire risk. A new study suggests it has the opposite effect
Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.
Photo shows A man carrying a kangaroo that has burned and bandaged paws.Metal particles found in 'very unusual' discovery near runway after Qantas flight engine failure, grassfire
Firefighters at Sydney Airport have found small pieces of metal in long grass near the runway where a Qantas flight suffered an engine failure, triggering a grassfire.
Photo shows An image of what appears to be aircraft debris.Residents allowed to return home after massive fire at warehouse in Sydney's west
The blaze started just before 6pm at a smash repair shop in Auburn and took hold rapidly, according to Fire and Rescue NSW.
Photo shows fire breaks out at auburn warehouseThe fire destroyed thousands of dollars worth of hay
The fire, started by a lightning strike, burned $30,000 worth of barley that had been sold as feed.
Has Video Duration: 42 seconds.'Frightening lightning' storms, fire, and heat batter Queensland
A fire started by "frightening lightning" has burned $30,000 worth of cattle feed as parts of Queensland continue to swelter through extreme heat, fires, and storms.
Photo shows Over 300 barley straw bales on fire at night.Shops and cars destroyed in fire that police are investigating for tobacco war links
Two shops and two cars are set alight in Pascoe Vale South, in Melbourne's north.
Photo shows Two burnt out cars on the road outside a strip of shops that have been blackened after a fire.