Tesla stuffed with fireworks explodes in Las Vegas
Authorities are investigating a possible terrorism link after a Tesla truck filled with fireworks and fuel exploded outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel.
Authorities are investigating a possible terrorism link after a Tesla truck filled with fireworks and fuel exploded outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel.
Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that has destroyed a home and is threatening other properties as another emergency looms in a fire-hit state.
An investigation is under way after the body of a child was found following a caravan fire.
An emergency alert has been downgraded for a bushfire that has had communities on edge but the blaze is expected to keep burning for days.
Evacuation orders are in place for an out-of-control fire in Victoria as blazes and sweltering temperatures begin Australia's bushfire season.
Firefighters are working around the clock to prepare for sweltering Boxing Day conditions as warnings for several major blazes are downgraded.
A heartbroken Western Australian family is mourning the death of a four-year-old boy who died in a house fire just days before Christmas.
Millions of residents and travellers across the country are being warned to be on high alert as the risk of Christmas-week infernos intensifies.
Total fire bans have been declared in two states over the Christmas break as emergency services prepare for the worst conditions since Black Summer.
Residents in the Grampians towns of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal have been told to leave immediately and seek shelter as a bushfire threat is imminent.
Dozens of communities have been urged to leave or take shelter as an out-of-control bushfire was fuelled further by gusty winds on a day of extreme conditions.
Three residents are in hospital, with two of them in a critical condition, after a house fire authorities suspect was deliberately lit.
The threat of bushfires will linger in Victoria's already-scorched Grampians region even after hot and windy conditions move north.
Stable conditions and cooler weather are giving firefighters welcome relief as initial damage assessments reveal at least three homes have been lost to fire.
Farmers, tourism operators and others suffering income loss following a huge bushfire will be eligible for financial support.
Temperatures are starting to ease after a blast of heat sent the mercury soaring past 45C in parts of Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia.
Anthony Albanese has delivered an impassioned call for Australians to unite around common values and respect after two attacks on Jewish communities.
Australians are being put on alert: our summers are becoming more erratic, with experts forecasting a season of heavy rain and warm weather - and bushfires.
Australia's Jewish community has called for better security around its places of worship after two masked arsonists set fire to a major synagogue.
A congregant says the Jewish community has been "hit in the heart" after fire gutted one of Melbourne's largest synagogues within the space of an hour.
A member of a Jewish community targeted in a firebomb attack says the damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue is a cause of great anguish.
Members of the Jewish community have gathered in solidarity after a synagogue was firebombed by two men who are on the run from police.
The firebombing of a synagogue was likely an 'evil' and politically motivated terror attack, authorities say, as police search for three suspects.
Cyclones, floods, heatwaves and bushfires - authorities are warning large parts of Australia are at increased risk this summer and people need to be prepared.
Tourists have been evacuated and people in Great Ocean Road towns have been told to leave immediately as Victoria's bushfire emergency claims at least one home.
Fire crews have made ground in battling blazes in Victoria's west and southwest, declaring one contained and slowing another.
A bushfire is heading towards a north Queensland town after burning for days and destroying a home, prompting a "prepare to leave" warning.
Passengers heard a loud bang as a Qantas jet suffered engine failure on take-off, sparking a grass fire, emergency landing and hours of chaos at Sydney Airport.
Hundreds of residents who evacuated their Queensland town are being told it's unsafe to return as firefighters battle to contain a bushfire threatening homes.
Police have ruled a fire that killed an eight-year-old girl and her babysitter as not suspicious with investigations remaining ongoing.
Australia's emergency response system is in need of widespread reform if the nation is to keep up with the growing threat of natural disasters.