Safety report released into power bank fire on Virgin flight to Hobart amid rule changes
Australia’s transport safety regulator has reiterated warnings about the use of power banks on airplanes, in its report…
Frankton Golf Centre clubhouse in Queenstown gutted as crews battle major fire
They said crews immediately worked to extinguish the fire and were able to suppress it at about 7.40pm.…
Emergency warnings issued for bushfires burning in Kenwick, Bullsbrook
Lives and homes are under threat in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs and in the city’s north-east as two fast-moving…
WA bushfire emergency enters second day as Geraldton homes threatened
One home has been lost and hundreds of others are under threat from an emergency bushfire authorities suspect…
Violent explosion during St Marys fire described as ‘once in a career type of experience’
The violent explosion that showered firefighters with chunks of concrete and building debris as they battled a blaze…
Hong Kong residents devastated by mega blaze engulfing blocks of flats in Tai Po district
As fire raced up seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, resident Ng was in a…
Charges laid after ‘trail of destruction’ and rock thrown at firefighters in regional SA
Three arrests have been made in two separate incidents in regional South Australia, one in which a man…
Woman in critical condition after being hit by train in Adelaide
A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a train at Dudley Park Station,…
Waste in NT bush hampers controlled burns for rangers, firefighters
Volunteer firefighters and Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory say an unprecedented and “shocking” amount of illegally dumped…
Wildfires fuelled by heatwave hit tourism spots and forests across Europe
Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Türkiye and the Balkans were battling wildfires, with another heatwave pushing temperatures above…