Huge fire that toppled Sydney CBD building contained
A fire in Sydney's CBD that destroyed a seven-storey building has been contained after 120 firefighters tackled the huge blaze.
A fire in Sydney's CBD that destroyed a seven-storey building has been contained after 120 firefighters tackled the huge blaze.
Izabella Nash has been hailed as an "outstanding" firefighter and "incredible human being" at a memorial service following her death after a factory blaze.
A caravan fire in Brisbane's outer west has killed two people in their twenties as police investigate whether the blaze is suspicious.
An "obsessed" aspiring bouncy castle tycoon who orchestrated arson attacks on rival businesses and then fled interstate could spend over a decade in prison.
A caravan fire at upper Brookfield in Brisbane's outer west has claimed the lives of two people, with police investigating whether the blaze is suspicious.
Police won't rule out further, more serious charges against a man arrested over a fire at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand, which killed at least six people.
New Zealand Police are treating the fire at Wellington's Loafers Lodge hostel as arson, and have a list of persons of interest with whom they wish to speak.
Multiple people are dead after a "worst nightmare" fire ripped through a 92-room hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
The foreign affairs department says it has not been advised of any Australians affected by the fire at a New Zealand hostel that has claimed at least six lives.
Police say they'll gain entry to Wellington's Loafers Lodge hostel on Wednesday, when the recovery and identification of bodies can begin.
A frog that makes a farting noise and another that keeps its tadpoles in "pockets" are amongst the Aussie amphibians hit hard by the Black Summer fires.
Firefighter Izabella Nash is being remembered as a happy and friendly crew member as police investigate the factory blaze that took her life.
Two firefighters have been rushed to hospital and a crime scene declared after crews worked to contain a large factory fire south of Brisbane.
A cashed-up competition is underway to transform how fires are detected, managed and fought, and Aussie firefighters will help decide who wins.
A Queensland study has sounded alarm bells about new-generation bushfire-fighting chemicals, with two found to stunt and kill frogs.
A fire at Beijing's Changfeng Hospital in China's capital has killed 21 people, state media reports say.
Queensland Police have appealed for an accused drug trafficker allegedly involved in three separate violent incidents in Brisbane on Thursday to surrender.
It took more than 40 firefighters to control an apartment fire that sent thick black smoke into the sky in Darlinghurst, in inner Sydney.
Queensland Police are calling for the surrender of an accused drug trafficker allegedly involved in three separate violent incidents in Brisbane on Thursday.
A fire at a migrant centre in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez has killed at least 40 people, officials say, many of whom were from Guatemala.
After a spate of house fires and injuries Australia urgently needs new rules governing electric bikes, scooters and skateboards, experts say.
As a family mourns a farmer killed in a hazard-reduction burn, parts of NSW and western Sydney are expected to swelter when temperatures reach the low 40s.
An aerial firefighter who died flying his final shift told another pilot he would "go take a look" at a fire the operator of other plane refused to return to.
Scientists believe they now understand how megafires such as Australia's Black Summer blazes deplete the ozone layer that shields humanity from the sun.
Sydney baked through its hottest day in two years while bushfires in NSW's west sparked emergency warnings for two communities.
Baking conditions have continued across Sydney and NSW as wind changes have intensified a large blaze in the state's central west, threatening homes.
The Queensland government has appointed a familiar face to lead the state's disaster recovery agency following the departure of chief executive Brendan Moon.
Firefighters say a large, fast-moving bushfire burning in Queensland's Western Downs is threatening a number of rural properties near Weir River.
Delegates from around the world have heard from Indigenous Australians on traditional fire management practices at a forum in Darwin.
Every time Australia has had prolonged periods of wet weather, deadly fires have followed. Experts say the death of this La Nina will likely end the same way.
Threats remains despite warnings being downgraded for a bushfire burning on the outskirts of Port Lincoln, on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.